The Lions Club of Byculla, which has been associated with the ophthalmic department of the B. Y. L. Nair Hospital, Bombay since 1981, donated a Zeiss surgical operating microscope worth Rs 10,89,000 to the Hospital on August 30, 2016. The donation was received from the Dhun Pestonji Parakh Discretionary Trust, states a write-up received from Capt Percy Master of the Club.
The emotional quotient of the occasion was heightened as Dr Anjali Daraius Nicholson, who headed the department and nurtured it during her decade long tenure, was due to retire the following day, August 31. Dr Ashok Mehta, past president of......