2. The eye is wonderful creation of nature
and masterpiece of perfection.
Sight is one of the most precious
possessions.
Without sight the world around is a
closed book.
Act of donating one’s eyes after his/her
death is Eye donation.
Merely corneal blinds can be helped
through this procedure not other Blinds
3. KNOW ABOUT YOUR EYE
01
HOW CAN EYESIGHT BE
RESTORED
Through corneal transplantation
ARE THERE ANY
SYNTHETIC SUBSTITUTE
FOR CORNEA
So far no substitutes have
been developed for the
cornea
WHAT IS CORNEA
Cornea is a clear, transparent tissue
covering the front of the eye. It serves as
a window to allow light to enter the eye. If
it gets damaged vision become reduced
or lost
WHY DOES THE CORNEA
GET DAMAGED
Because of infections or injurie
of the eye or poor nutrition
especially in childhood.
4. Why you need to donate your eyes
1.5% of the population are blind
25% live below the poverty
line
2.5 million children are suffering,
60% of blind children will not make it
to adulthood.
One eye donation can give
sight to two corneal blind
persons
To allow another person get vision is one
of the best procedures of charity01
02
03
04
05
5. USE OF DONATED EYES
CORNEAL
TRANSPLANTATION
MEDICAL EDUCATION
EMERGENCY PATCHING
RESEARCH
6. WHO CAN DONATE EYES ?
Anyone can be
donor,
irrespective of
age, sex, blood
group or religion
Anyone with
cataract or
spectacles
can donate
eyes
Person suffering
from
hypertension,
diabetes can
also donate eyes
Person who were
infected with or died from
AIDS, Hepatitis B or C,
rabies, septicemia, acute
leukemia, tetanus,
cholera, meningitis or
encephalittis cannot
donate eyes
7. 02
01
Pledge your eyes
Motivate others to pledgeMeye donation
by counseling family members of
deceased in your neighborhood,relatives,
friends etc.
WHAT MAKES US
DIFFERENT ?
Enquire about the nearest eye bank.
this is likely to be located at a medical
college or eye hospital in you area.
Contact the one nearest you and they
will register your pledge and provide
you with an eye donation card.
It is preferable is all members of the
family pledge their eyes together.
Under law, relatives of the deceased
can donate his/her eyes, even though
the deceased is not a donar (provided
he/she has never spoken against eye
donation)
PROCEDURE FOR EYE DONATION
8. HOW AND WHEN ?
01 03
02 04
After removal, the eyes are
analyzed, processed at the
eye bank & then
cornea is transplanted within
96 hours.
Eye banks come under Human
Organ Transplantation Act, and are
inspected by authorities. Donated
eyescannot be brought or sold as it
is a crime.
Eyes should be donated
within 6-8 hrs of death.
Total procedures take
15-20 mins.
The eyes can be donated at
home or any other place
where body is kept.There is
no disfigurement of the face of
the donor.
9. THINGS TO REMEMBER
RAISE THE HEAD
WITHE THE HELP OF
A PILLOW
PLACE WET COTTON
SWAB OCLOSED
EYES
DIAL THE NEAREST
EYE BANK WITHIN 6hrs
OF DEATH
SWITCH OFF THE
FANS AND KEEP THE
AC OR COOLER ON
11. “There is no better way
to thank God for your
sight than by giving
a helping hand to
someone in the dark
- Helen Keller
OUR
HEROES
PLEDGED
TO DO
THEIR
PART
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