An eye bank, said to be the first in the government sector in the southern states, was inaugurated on June 13 at the state-run Sarojini Devi Eye Hospital in Hyderabad.

The Telangana Health Minister C Laxman Reddy opened the eye bank. He launched an ambulance for eye collection and also inaugurated an air-conditioned post-operative ward and dedicated equipment worth Rs one crore at the hospital, a state government release said. It quoted Reddy as saying that it was a matter of pride that the first eye bank in government medical sector in south India had been established at the Sarojini hospital.