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EYE DONATION - Due to the latest development & technologies, eye donated of a single person can give eyesight back to 2 to 6 persons as different parts of the cornea can be used for different people.

If all of you really want to work in this direction, make sure you do the following 2 things :
Make sure your family members are aware that u are very serious about donation in case of your death and that they should call the nearest eye bank as soon as possible after death. (For India - 1919 from landline, STD CODE+1919 from cellphone).

Cornea is the clear, transparent tissue covering the front of the eye and if it becomes cloudy from disease, injury, infection or malnutrition, vision is dramatically lost or reduced. Corneal blindness can be treated by replacing the damaged cornea by a healthy donated human cornea. The human cornea can be procured through eye donation.

There are about 1.1 million corneally blind persons in the country. Another 25,000 are added each year. Eye donation in India today meets less than five percent of the demand for corneal transplants.

Removal of eyes takes only twenty minutes while the cornea transplant surgery can be performed in half an hour. Yet it must be remembered that eyes/corneas are human tissue and like other organs (kidneys, heart, and the like) needs sincere and sustained technical expertise and dedicated commitment to quality and systematic procedures to handle.
Facts about eye donation

Eyes should be donated within 6-8 hrs. of death.
Anyone can be a donor, irrespective of age, sex, blood group or religion.
One cornea is grafted to one person.
Total removal time is about 15-20 minutes.

The eye bank team will immediately reach the donor’s home to collect the eyes. This service is free.
Eyes are never bought or sold.
All religions endorse eye donation.