Alabama Lions Sight Takes Services On The Road With State’s First Mobile Eye And Vision Clinic

By Carla Davis

For many low-income residents across rural Alabama, the everyday world is a dim and blurry place.

Durden Dean, executive director, Alabama Lions Sight Conservation Association, said 250,000 to 300,000 people statewide can’t afford insurance, don’t qualify for Medicaid or are not old enough for Medicare. Senior citizens are the fastest-growing population in Alabama, yet they are the most underserved, especially when it comes to receiving necessary eye care, he said.

To help meet this need, Alabama Lions Sight unveiled a Mobile Eye and Vision Clinic in Birmingham on Feb. 24. Since 1944, Alabama Lions Sight has provided services to more than 350,000 people and has worked to save sight through research, education, detection and treatment.“Many people in rural communities can’t afford eye care, or they don’t have transportation to an area where they can get it, so they basically do without,” Dean said. “We feel like we have an obligation to offer eye care to those communities where people can’t get it.”

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