Georgia Center for Sight providing free cataract surgeries — 3 insights

Athens-based Georgia Center for Sight is offering free cataract surgeries to patients in Athens, the Athens Banner-Herald reports.

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Here’s what you should know:

1. The center is offering the surgeries as part of National Sight Week.

2. The center partnered with the American Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgery Foundation. The foundation pays for the surgeries through its Operation Sight program.

3. Jing Dong, MD, will perform the free procedures.

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