VEI Helps Underserved with Cataracts

Virginia Eye Institute has bee n accepting applications for its 19th Annual Cataract Mission program. The program was created to help underserved Virginians. Eligibility criteria for the application-based program include a lack of insurance (including Medicare or Medicaid) and a lack of financial means to pay for the surgery. Applications will be accepted through February 1, 2012. The screening day will be Saturday, February 18, 2012 and the surgery day Saturday, February 25, 2012. To date, Virginia Eye Institute’s Cataract Mission program has donated over 763 eye exams and 221 cataract surgeries.Read more.