By the Numbers


The Utah strip of the Navajo Nation is one of the most isolated and underserved areas in the lower 48. Access to specialized health care is extremely limited, and there is an urgent need for eye care. 

The John A. Moran Eye Center, in partnership with Utah Navajo Health System, Inc., has been providing free pediatric and adult eye care to this population since 2013—including vision screenings, glasses, and sight-restoring surgery. In just two weekends last May, Moran Eye Center practitioners provided these services:

Conducted 

70

patient visits &

50 

child eye exams.

Distributed

115 

pairs of new eyeglasses.

Performed

15

sight-restoring cataract and pterygium surgeries

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