The John A. Moran Eye Center—part of the University of Utah healthcare system—treated uninsured, low-income Utahns with free eye surgeries on Saturday, April 8 as part of Operation Sight Day. The institute performed 23 surgeries between 7 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Moran residents and medical students from the U first hosted Operation Sight Day in 2012. Altogether, 158 Utahns have been helped on the biannual day of charity surgeries. The volunteers of the Moran Eye Center provide cataract surgeries and corneal transplants.
Kevin Draper, one of the surgery recipients, was suffering from cataracts and nerve damage in both eyes.