Do You know ?
• Cornea is that the clear tissue covering the front of the eye .”
• If the cornea becomes cloudy from disease, injury, infection or poor nutrition vision is reduced or lost.”
• Corneal blindness are often treated by replacing the damaged cornea by a healthy donated human cornea. The human cornea are often produced through Eye Donation only.”
• Corneal blindness affects mainly children and young adults who have an extended life before them.”
• Though we’ve trained, highly qualified surgeons and hospital facilities to try to to the transplant we don’t have enough eye tissues to try to to the surgery.”
• Approximately 11 Lakh blind population of our country are expecting corneal transplantation and approximately 25,000 new cases are being reported. ”
• One eye donation can give sight to 2 corneal blind persons.
What is eyedonation ?
Eye donation means donating the eyes of an individual after death for transplantation with the family consent”
How and When
• Eyes should be donated within 6-8 hrs of death.”
• Anyone are often donor, regardless of age, sex, blood type or religion.”
• Anyone with cataract or spectacles can donate eyes. ”
• Person affected by hypertension, diabetes also can donate eyes.”
• Total procedures take 15-20 minutes. there’s no disfigurement of the face of the donor.”
• Anyone are often donor, regardless of age, sex, blood type or religion.”
• Eyes are often donated albeit the deceased had not formally pledged their eyes during their lifetime.”
• Eye Bank team will rush over to the donor’s home or the other place where the body is out there after death. this is often free service publicly interest.”
• After pledging please inform your family about your wish to donate eyes, in order that they will fulfill your wish.
Give someone a brighter tomorrow
• Blindness causes social and economic burden to the individual, the community and therefore the nation.”
• There may be a great shortage of donated eyes in our country.”
• The eyes remove within 6 hours of death. Kindly inform the closest bank immediately.”
• The bank team will rush over and therefore the simple bloodless procedure are going to be over in but 15-20 min.”
• There is not any disfigurement of the face of the deceased. 10 ml of blood are going to collect for tests.”
• After removal =, the eyes are analyze, processe at the eye bank then cornea is transplant within 96 hours. ”
• Eye banks come under Human Organ Transplantation Act. They give registration after inspection by competent authorities. Donate eyes can’t be brougt or sell because it may be a crime under the act.”
• Fill within the pledge from given over leaf and send it to the closest bank . Retain the attention cad on your person.”
• We would welcome your support as a private or a corporation in spreading public awareness about eye donation.”
Instruction
• For eye donation, please fill the pledge form and send it to any of the closest bank . we’ll register you as an eye fixed donor and can provide you a private Eye card .”
• Spread information & awareness about eye donation. Your word adds value to the movement of the attention donation.”
• When donating the attention of the deceased, do remember to:”
• Dial the closest bank (1919) within 6 hours of death.”
• Switch off the fans and keep the air conditioning or cooler on.”
• Raise the top with the assistance of a pillow.”
• Place wet cotton swab on closed eyes.”