This document discusses corneal blindness in Bangladesh and eye donation. It notes that over 800,000 people are blind in Bangladesh, mostly due to cataract and corneal disorders. Corneal blindness particularly impacts children and young adults. The cornea is the transparent tissue covering the eye that allows light to enter. Vision is lost if the cornea becomes cloudy due to disease, injury or infection. While blindness cannot always be prevented, sight can be restored through corneal transplantation by grafting a healthy donor cornea. The document encourages eye donation after death so that donated corneas can restore sight to the blind, noting there is a large unmet demand for donor corneas in Bangladesh.

1. DONATE EYES…
SHARE VISION…
Dr. Ashraful Huq
Founder
Bangladesh Eye Donation Society.
Executive Director, Eye Bank.
BANGLADESH
EYE DONATION SOCIETY

2. BLINDNESS PROFILE
IN BANGLADESH
• Over 800,000 blind
• 650,000 due to cataract
• 40,000 children blind
• 8-10% of total blindness are cornea related

3. Corneal Blindness
affects mainly
children and
young adults
who have a long
life ahead of
them.

4. WHAT IS CORNEA ?
Cornea is the clear,
transparent, tissue covering
the front of the eye.
It serves as a window to allow
light to enter the eye.
Vision will be dramatically
reduced or lost if the cornea
becomes cloudy due to
disease, injury or infection.

5. • Injuries
• Malnutrition
• Infections
• Chemical Burns
• Congenital Disorders
• Post operative complications

6. NOT EVERYTHING IS LOST
People who have lost sight can hope to regain it
back only by the help of people who have
healthy vision like us

7. Getting back Sight
Fortunately lost sight due to corneal defects can
be restored through corneal transplantation

8. CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATIONCORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION
•Procedure in which the cornea
of donor eye is grafted to replace
the diseased cornea of the
patient.
•A significant proportion of blind
patients can have their sight
restored through corneal
transplantation.

9. WHAT CAN WE DO
Do not bury!
Donate
Eyes!!

10. Eye Donation
• Eye donation is donation of our eyes after
death so that our eyes can give light to a blind
person’s life.
• There is a huge gap between the supply and
demand of eyes.
• A small gesture from us can bring down the
gap.

11. • The 2 eyes from a donated person will go to 2
different individuals, so 2 blind person will get
the gift of sight.
• So instead of burying our eyes, let us pass on
this God given gift to vision deprived people
so that we bring back colours to their lives.

12. • Eyes must be removed within 6 hours after death.
• The eye bank team will remove the eyes from the home
of the deceased or from a hospital.
• Eye removal does not delay the funeral since the entire
procedure takes 20-30 minutes only.
• Eye retrieval does not cause disfigurement.
• The identities of both the donor and the recipient are
kept confidential.

13. WHO CAN DONATE EYES
Age - NO BAR for Eye Donation
Any Gender can donate eyes

14. All religions endorse the practice
of eye donation

15. WAITING FOR THE GIFTWAITING FOR THE GIFT
Because of this huge shortfall of donor eyes inBecause of this huge shortfall of donor eyes in
Bangladesh there is a long list of waiting patientsBangladesh there is a long list of waiting patients

16. APPEAL FROM US
Join Hands with us
Contribute for the Noble Cause

17. "There is no lovelier way to thank
God for your sight than by giving a
helping hand to those in the dark."
- Helen Keller

18. THANK YOUBANGLADESH EYE DONATION SOCIETY
Contact: +8801811999070
Email: bd.beds@gmail.com
Website: www.beds-bd.org
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