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An eye on the Eye donation in India !!!
1 . Eyes are collected after death of the donor within 4-6 hours.
2. Inform the nearest Eye Doctor of Eye Hospital immediately after death.
3. Eyes of the dead person should be closed and wet cotton put on the eyes.
4. Age and sex are no bar for Eye Donation.
5. Persons with defective vision also can donate their eyes.
6. After the eyes are collected, put them in separate bottles.
7. Put the bottles in a Thermos Flask with Ice and send them immediately to:
EYE BANK OF INDIA Dr. Agarwal's Eye Hospital 13, Cathedral Road, Chennai - 600 086 Tel: +91 44 8279685, 8276233
A.P. IRUNGOVEL, M.A., M.Phil.,PGDPSY.,PGDPR.,SPECIAL EXECUTIVE, SANKARA NETHRALAYA,18, COLLEGE ROAD, CHENNAI 600 006, PH: 28271616 Extn. 1314. Direct Line - 28226694.E-MAIL: mailto:api@snmail.org
8. Keep this information safely.
Who can be eye donors?Any good-minded human being from the age of z year can be a donor without any maximum limit for donating the eye. All one needs to do is bequeath his or her eyes by taking a simple pledge to donate the eye after death. While taking a pledge during ones lifetime itself is a noble deed, it requires the support of the relatives or friends to carry out the wishes of eye donation of the deceased. They need to call up the Eye Bank immediately as the eye need to be removed within a maximum of six hours of death. People using spectacles, diabetes and hypertensives can make eye donation.
Magnitude of the problem of blindness in India!!! We have an estimated 4.6 million people with corneal blindness that is curable through corneal transplantation with eyes received by us as donations. Out of this, an estimated 4.6 million are 90% of the people with corneal blindness are below the age of 45 years including some 4.5 million below the tender age of 12 as could be seen from the following chart: More than 90% of the corneal transplantation is carried out successfully in restoring vision to people with corneal blindness. Including infants born with cloudy cornea, corneal transplantation can make a big difference to the rest of their lives. Your beloved ones thus live and light up the lives of others even after death.
How to pledge?
All you have to do is to fill up a eye donation form available from any eye bank and submit it in the nearest eye bank.
2. Inform the nearest Eye Doctor of Eye Hospital immediately after death.
3. Eyes of the dead person should be closed and wet cotton put on the eyes.
4. Age and sex are no bar for Eye Donation.
5. Persons with defective vision also can donate their eyes.
6. After the eyes are collected, put them in separate bottles.
7. Put the bottles in a Thermos Flask with Ice and send them immediately to:
EYE BANK OF INDIA Dr. Agarwal's Eye Hospital 13, Cathedral Road, Chennai - 600 086 Tel: +91 44 8279685, 8276233
A.P. IRUNGOVEL, M.A., M.Phil.,PGDPSY.,PGDPR.,SPECIAL EXECUTIVE, SANKARA NETHRALAYA,18, COLLEGE ROAD, CHENNAI 600 006, PH: 28271616 Extn. 1314. Direct Line - 28226694.E-MAIL: mailto:api@snmail.org
8. Keep this information safely.
Who can be eye donors?Any good-minded human being from the age of z year can be a donor without any maximum limit for donating the eye. All one needs to do is bequeath his or her eyes by taking a simple pledge to donate the eye after death. While taking a pledge during ones lifetime itself is a noble deed, it requires the support of the relatives or friends to carry out the wishes of eye donation of the deceased. They need to call up the Eye Bank immediately as the eye need to be removed within a maximum of six hours of death. People using spectacles, diabetes and hypertensives can make eye donation.
Magnitude of the problem of blindness in India!!! We have an estimated 4.6 million people with corneal blindness that is curable through corneal transplantation with eyes received by us as donations. Out of this, an estimated 4.6 million are 90% of the people with corneal blindness are below the age of 45 years including some 4.5 million below the tender age of 12 as could be seen from the following chart: More than 90% of the corneal transplantation is carried out successfully in restoring vision to people with corneal blindness. Including infants born with cloudy cornea, corneal transplantation can make a big difference to the rest of their lives. Your beloved ones thus live and light up the lives of others even after death.
How to pledge?
All you have to do is to fill up a eye donation form available from any eye bank and submit it in the nearest eye bank.
http://www.sankaranethralaya.org/eye_donation.htm
http://sdhawan.com/eyedonation.html
http://www.dragarwal.com/don-inst.html
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