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Bengaluru’s premier healthcare institution Minto Ophthalmic Institute celebrated its 125th anniversary on Tuesday. The hospital has grown in stature since its humble beginning in a small building in Chickpet. It was established on 9 November 1886 as ‘Bangalore Eye Hospital’.

To commemorate this milestone, the hospital planted 125 saplings on its campus, while doctors operated on 125 patients on Tuesday. K. Sudhakar, Medical Education as well as Health and Family Welfare Minister, commended the efforts of doctors and staff in making the hospital a renowned health facility.

He appealed to people to come forward and pledge to donate their eyes after death. “Crores of people in the country are suffering from blindness and we can all do our bit to provide vision to people in need,” he said. He also recollected how the family of Puneeth Rajkumar came forward to donate his eyes.The hospital authorities gave a representation to the Minister stating that they want to expand the new superspeciality block as it is difficult to run some wards in the old stone building.