Eye donation can restore vision to the people who are suffering from the corneal blindness. It is totally a voluntary service. Go through this presentation to know about the myths and facts about eye donation. For more information regarding eye, donation click on this link: http://www.dishaeye.org/donate-your-eyes

1. Know the
Myths &
Facts About
Eye
Donation

2. Eye donation is an act of charity and entirely done for the
benefit of the society. This is done after death. Only corneal
blinds can be benefited through the eye donation not the other
blinds. This should be encouraged in a large scale. Go through
this presentation and get some important information on myths
those are related to "Eye Donation".

3. Doctors will make little efforts
to save my life if they are
aware I am a registered
organ donor.

4. It’s the duty of doctors, nurses
and other health experts
involved to save your life. The
role of transplant surgeons
comes into the scene after all
the efforts to save a life has
been exhausted.

5. Eye donation will leave
holes in the eye socket
causing face
disfigurement

6. Eye donation does not cause any
disfigurement of the face. Only the
cornea of the eye is removed and not the
entire eye. Thus, this should not interfere
with any customary funeral plans,
including those with open-casket
viewings. The dignity and respect for the
donor is maintained at all times.

7. I wear spectacles, I
cannot donate eyes.

8. You can donate your eyes even
if you have poor eyesight.
Cataract, poor eyesight, and
age do not hinder eye donation.

9. My eyes will be sold to
rich patients.

10. Eye donation is an act of
charity and it is illegal to buy
and sell human eyes, organs,
and tissues.

11. If I am in a state of
comatose, my eyes will
be harvested.

12. Being comatose and being brain
dead are two entirely different things.
Patients in a state of comatose are
alive and will not be considered for
organ donation at all. A person can
come out of a state of comatose but
declared brain dead it is nearly
impossible to for a person come
alive.

13. I am under age 18. I am too
young to make a decision on
eye donation.

14. Legally, yes but your parents or
legal guardians can authorise this
decision. You can express to your
family you wish to donate. There
are thousands of children who are
in need of organ transplants and
they need smaller organs than
those an adult can provide.

15. My family will be asked to
pay for the procedure of
retrieving the corneas.

16. The family of the donor doesn’t
have to bear any expense of
organ and tissue donation. The
family, however, has to take care
of the funeral expenses on its
own.

17. The retrieval of the corneas is a
long procedure and will delay the
funeral procedure.

18. The whole procedure doesn’t
take more than 15 to 20
minutes.

19. There’s no need to inform my
family about eye donation and I
can mention about it in my will.

20. If you’re not a registered eye
donor, your family’s consent is
required. By the time your ‘will’ will
be read and executed, it will be too
late for you to be a donor. It’s best
to pledge your eyes and inform
your family about your wish to be a
donor.

21. After pledging my eyes, I can
not go back to being a non-
donor.

22. The reality is that you can change
your mind anytime you want. By
informing the registry you can
withdraw your registration. You can
inform your family about your
decision and tear up the donor
registration card.

23. Procedure to Become an Eye Donor?
Now, you are armed with facts and information. Present your
eyesight to others and make your eyes immortal. Get more
information here http://www.dishaeye.org/donate-your-eyes

24. Contact Details
Address: 88 (63A), Ghoshpara Road,
Kolkata- 700120. West Bengal, India.
Phone No: (033) 2545-1233/1235/
1236/ 1237/ 1238; 2593-1729/3737;
2594-4586/7809/7810
Website: http://www.dishaeye.org