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Eye Donation Awareness Programme
Dr Sanjay Kumar Singh
Biratnagar Eye Hospital
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What is “Cornea Transplantaion”?
Corneal transplantation is the most successful organ transplantaion
Cornea transplantation is an operation that replaces white opaque cornea with clear cornea
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Causes of corneal blindness?
• Corneal ulceration
• Corneal trauma
• Trachoma
• Vitamin A deficiency
• Traditional eye medicines
• Hereditary problems
• Congenital diseases
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Magnitude of corneal blindness
• Diseases affecting the cornea are a major cause of blindness worldwide, second only to cataract in overall importance.
• Worldwide more than 10 million people are blind from corneal diseases.
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Magnitude of corneal blindness
• In Nepal more than 40 thousand eyes are blind because of corneal diseases.
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Gap between supply and demand
• The requirement of corneas in Nepal is about 8000 annually.
• The number of eyes being procured annually is about 300.
• There is a clear gap of about 7700.
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Main Barriers to collection of Donor eyes
• Inadequate public awareness
• Cultural and religious beliefs
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What needs to be done?
• Eye donation awareness activities
• Eye donation
• Cornea transplantation
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Eye Bank
• An eye bank is a charitable organization without any profit motive.
• It facilitates removal, processing and evaluation of eyes and
• It distributes them to persons in need of eye transplant.
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Biratnagar Cornea collection centre: Started on 16/11/2007
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What is eye donation
• Eye donation is an act of charity for the benefit of the society and is totally voluntary.
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What is eye donation• Eyes that are donated are made use of
after the person’s death,
• The eye donation of the deceased can be authorized by the next of kin even if the deceased did not pledge his/her eyes before death.
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Becoming a donor
• It is a simple process.• Discuss your wish to donate with your next-
of-kin.• If you are 18 years or older, just fill out a
Donor Card.• Fill in your name and sign and date the card.• Please sign name in the presence of two
witnesses. Your witness should also sign the card.
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Donor Card
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Contact Numbers?
• For Biratnagar: Please phone to Cornea Collection Centre at Biratnagar Eye Hospital. Phone No: 021-533660. Mobile No: 9842096240 (24 hours service).
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Who can donate eyes?
• Eyes can be donated by any person.• Person with the history of hypertension,
diabetes, asthma, tuberculosis etc can donate their eyes.
• Spectacle wearers and people who have undergone cataract surgery in past can donate their eyes.
• There is no age limit for eye donation.
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Who can not donate their eyes?
• Death due to Rabies, AIDS, Infectious hepatitis and Septicaemia can not donate their eyes.
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Can a living person donate their eyes?
• No, donation from livings persons is not accepted.
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Are there any religious conflicts in eye donation?
• There are no religious conflicts on eye donation.
• Eye donation gives a gift of sight to others.
• As such, it is consistent with beliefs and attitudes of all major religious and ethical traditions.
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What precautions to be taken after death of a donor?
• Switch off fans.
• Please raise the head of the deceased by about six inches, if possible.
• Ensure that eyelids are properly shut and place a clean wet cloth over the eyelids.
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What precautions to be taken after death of a donor?
• Please do not put vermilon, abir and rice over eyes or face of the deceased.
• Inform the eye bank team as soon as possible.
• Keep a copy of death certificate (if possible).
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After the removal of eyes would there be any disfigurement?
• Removing the eyes does not cause any disfigurement.
• Eye banks have trained personnel who carry out the procedure.
• Removal of transparent corneal tissues does not cause any disfigurement.
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Say Yes to Eye Donation.
Your Eye Donation will make a difference in the life of two people by giving them sight.
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Vision without action is a dream. Action without vision is simply passing the time. Action with
vision is making a positive difference
Joel Barker
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Dr. Sanjay. K. SinghThank you very much