# Richard Desmond donates £2.5 million to children’s eye hospital

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2006/02/11/richard-desmond-donates-25m-children039s-eye-hospital/
- Published: 2006-02-11T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

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Richard Desmond, owner of the Express newspaper group, has donated £2.5 million 
to Moorfields Eye Hospital towards the building of a new children’s eye centre. 
The new building will be named The Richard Desmond Children’s Eye Centre.
Desmond,
a Moorfields patient, has previously supported glaucoma research at the hospital.

Ian Balmer, Chief Executive of Moorfields, confirmed that this donation brought 
the appeal total to over £15 million.

The centre is scheduled to open in Autumn 2006. Ahead of its completion, funding
is still being sought to help with equipping the centre.

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