Optometry college’s donated, discounted vision care sees $5.6 million
Patients visit the clinic portion of the Southern College of Optometry in Midtown on Sept. 16, 2022. (Ziggy Mack/The Daily Memphian)
Southern College of Optometry provides free and affordable vision care for people from Memphis and across the Mid-South through community programs and at its eye clinics in Midtown, Crosstown and the University District.
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Aisling Mäki covers health care, banking and finance, technology and professions. After launching her career in news two decades ago, she worked in public relations for almost a decade before returning to journalism in 2022.
As a health care reporter, she’s collaborated with The Carter Center, earned awards from the Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalists and won a 2024 Tennessee Press Association first-place prize for her series on discrepancies in Shelby County life expectancy by ZIP code.
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