Specialist Department of the Eye Care

Eye Bank Department

Corneal blindness is the fourth leading cause of blindness in the world. Corneal transplant is one of the primary treatments available for corneal blindness where damaged tissue is replaced with healthy donor eye tissue. RNC Free Eye Hospital ventured into eye banking in the year _________.RNC has been actively engaged in eye donation awareness and cornea retrieval activities. The Eye Bank receives a pair of an eye almost every day and has collected over ________eyes across all nearby locations which are used for therapeutic and curative corneal transplant surgeries apart from research purposes.

Eye Donation is Simple

JUST REMEMBER THESE GUIDELINES

Age, sex, race or religion is no bar. Keep informed close relatives about your desire to donate.
Wearing glasses, cataracts, and certain eye problems of the blood group does not affect eye donation.
On death, inform the eye bank immediately to do eye donation .
The eye donation must be within 6 hours of death.
Close eyes and place wet cotton over lids (to keep cornea moist & healthy).
Switch off fans.
Removal takes only about 20 minutes.
No special room necessary.
No disfiguration is caused.
Donated eyes are never sold/used otherwise.
Two persons gain sight. 2.5 million Indians need sight. Do not deny them life. Spread the message of eye donation.

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Eye Collected from Our Eye Bank

Current FY till now

FY 2023-24

FY 2022-23

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