Our
country has about 2.1 million people who suffer from Corneal Blindness. They
can see if a Cornea transplant is performed. Only source of Corneas for
transplant is eye donation, which must be performed with in about 6 hours of
death.
Against
this, average no. of eye donations in India languishes at about 38,600 per
annum implying that even an impossible wait of 112 years will not help most. On
the other hand approximately 9 million people die every year and one pair of
eyes from a deceased person can be implanted on two blind persons implying a
potential of 1 Cr. 80 Lac corneal transplants.
Major
cause for this unfortunate situation is lack of awareness among our countrymen
about eye donation, its need and life changing impact on entire families of
cornea recipients who are able to see this beautiful world again. Therefore,
there is an urgent need to raise awareness about eye donation.
“Enlighten
someone’s world by donating your eyes” - Ashok Mahindru
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