Sri Sai Lions Netralaya

Donate Your Eyes

DO YOU KNOW

Cornea is the clear tissue covering the front of the eye. If the cornea becomes cloudy from disease, injury, infection or poor nutrition vision is dramatically reduced or lost. 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 only. Corneal blindness affects mainly children and young adults who have a long life ahead of them. Though we have trained, highly qualified surgeons and hospital facilities to do the transplant we do not have enough eye tissues to do the surgery. Approximately 11 lakh blind population of our country are waiting for corneal transplantation and approximately 25,000 new cases are being reported. One eye donation can give sight to two corneally blind persons.

EYE DONATION

Eye donation means donating the eyes of a person after death for transplantation with the family consent.

HOW & WHEN

Eyes should be donated within 6-8 hours of death.
Any one can be a donor, irrespective of age, sex, blood group or religion.
Any one with cataract or spectacles can donate eyes.
Persons suffering from hypertension, diabetes can also donate eyes.
Total procedure takes 15-20 minutes. There is no disfigurement of the face of the donor.
Eyes can be donated even if the deceased had not formally pledged their eyes during their lifetime.
Eye Bank team will rush over to the donor's home or any other place where the body is available after death. This is free service in public interest.
After pledging please inform your family about your wish to donate eyes, so that they can fulfill your wish.

GIVE SOMEONE A BRIGHTER TOMORROW

Blindness causes social and economic burden to the backspa individual, the community and the nation. There is a great shortage of donated eyes in our country. The eyes must be removed within 6 hours of death. Kindly inform the nearest eye bank immediately. The eye bank team will rush over and the simple bloodless procedure will be over in less than 15-20 min. There is no disfigurement of the face of the deceased. 10 ml of blood will be collected for tests. After removal, the eyes are analyzed, processed at the eye bank and then the cornea is transplanted within 96 hours. Eye banks come under Human Organ Transplantation Act, and are given registration after inspection by competent authorities. Donated eyes cannot be brought or sold as it is a crime under the act. Fill in the pledge form given over leaf and send it to the nearest eye bank. Retain the eye card on your person.We would welcome your support as an individual or an organization in spreading public awareness about eye donation.