Eye care champion and social activist takes lifelong crusade against
blindness to his daughter’s wedding!
Dr
A.Mahalingam popularly as ‘Mahali’ in medical and academic circles in national
and International circles and well known eye care professional, health educator
and awareness champion and Founder Cum President of the AHMPI (Association for
Healthcare Management Professionals - India) & Managing Director - TwinTech
Academy Business Management Solutions, Chennai.
He
performed the wedding of his elder daughter Ms Maanasi Mahalingam a Post
Graduate in Optometry and FAAO(Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry) certified
optometrist at Avadi on the 8th of August 2022.
A senior eye
care professional and Healthcare administrator Dr A.Mahalingam has been in the
forefront of creating awareness on overall eye health, preventable blindness
through his talks at campuses and among the general public and his highly
informative articles, a man who strongly believes in ‘Walking the Talk’ he has
been a passionate foot soldier who has facilitated large scale eye donation
through his lifelong endeavors.
Dr A
Mahalingam realized that the large gathering at his daughter’s wedding reception
could be a potential venue to communicate and reach out his noble message on
Eye Donation.
The marriage
hall was converted into an awareness creation camp with a large welcome board
to guests carrying a message imploring them to take their eye donation pledge
and a volunteer distributing the ‘pledge forms’ to them.
The
‘Reciprocal Host Gift’ bags presented to guests reiterated and gently reminded
invitees on this noble gesture with a crisp Eye Donation appeal message. It is
noteworthy to mention that the period between August 25th to Sept 8th
is observed as ‘Eye Donation Fortnight’ every year, a period when the eye care
champion is on his toes 24 by 7, year after year.
This year
August 8th the date of the grand finale of the eye donation
thrust became the most memorable day of the eye care crusader’s life as
he made his clarion call to bring back the light of vision on the day of his
daughter’s wedding!
His long
tenure (25 years) at Sankara Nethralaya Eye Hospital , a unit of Medical
Research Foundation, Chennai, the world renowned ophthalmic institution was
marked by watershed achievements in diverse areas and his move to Healthcare
Management Solutions.
Readers who wish to revive the lost vision of a fellow human by pledging
their eye may kindly connect Dr A.Mahalingam at WhatsApp 97104 85295 or eMail him mahali@mahali.in
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