Bausch & Lomb

Bausch & Lomb Gives Gift of Sight to 100 People in 100 Minutes

Published in MD Week, April 18th, 2008

In just 100 minutes on Wednesday, April 9, the lives of 100 low-income people in cities and towns across the United States will be changed forever, as their failing eyesight goes from murky to new-found clarity at all distances with crystalens(R) cataract-lens implants, free of charge.

Not only can this unique program -- Changing 100 Lives in 100 Minutes -- dramatically improve patients' eyesight, but many patients may never need eyeglasses again.

Bausch & Lomb, which manufactures the innovative crystalens intraocular lens (IOL) for cataracts, will donate 100 pairs of these lenses not generally covered by private insurance or Medicare. From coast to...

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Source: MD Week (2008-04-18)

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