![]() ![]() Thanking Dr GN Rao for developing the centre to such global standards and size and yet keeping it within the accessible spheres to the people, former Chief Justice of India N V Ramana wondered what wonders would be created if the state and central government join such noble ventures. Now, after 35 years, when Sun Pharma MD Dilip Shanghvi came forward to set up Shantilal Shanghvi Cornea Institute at LVP Eye Institute, he was actually partnering with a global philanthropic ophthalmologic institute that is already a WHO collaborating centre for prevention of blindness, having served millions of people all over the country and elsewhere. LV Prasad gave 1 crore and five acres of land in Banjara Hills to set up an eye hospital. When LV Prasad, the producer of the film, was looking forward to donate a portion of the profit he made from the success of the film for a good cause, he came across Dr Gullapalli Nageswara Rao (GN Rao), an eye specialist who returned to India from the US with a mission to take quality eye care to the people. ![]() ![]() ![]() HYDERABAD: Many would be pleasantly surprised to know that 1981 super hit movie 'Ek Duuje Ke Liye' gave birth to global eye care and research centre L V Prasad Eye Institute in Hyderabad. ![]()
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