MAK Y DONA1lON A FAMlLY 1kADl1lON

Eye DonoIion
Eye DonoIion
NationaI Programme for ControI of BIindness
Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of ndia,
Nirman Bhavan, New Delhi - 110 011
Your eyes oller deolh need nol perish.
Help blinds lo see, donole eyes oller deolh.
Whol is corneo?
Why does lhe corneo gel domoged?
How con eyesighl be reslored?
Are lhere ony synlhelic subslilules lor lhe corneo?
Who con pledge his eyes lor donolion oller deolh?
Corneo is the gloss like covering over the pupil of the
eye.
The corneo usuolly gets domoged becouse of infections
or in[uries of the eye or poor nutrition especiolly in
childhood.
Fersons who hove lost their sight becouse of domoge to
the corneo con hope to regoin it with corneol grofting.
5o for no substitutes hove been developed for the
corneo.
Any person con donote his/her eyes without
considerotion of oge, sex or sociol stotus. Those who
weor glosses, hove hod o successful eye surgery or
Donole your eyes lo help someone see
suffer from some systemic diseose con olso donote their
eyes.
Mo fees ore chorged from the fomily. The Eye Collection
Centre will rush o doctor to the donor's home. This is o
free service in the public interest.
The eyes con be removed ot home or ony other ploce
where the body is kept ofter deoth.
5ervices by the government ond voluntory sector ore
provided free of chorge. Donoted eyes ore never bought
or sold.
keligious leoders throughout the world hove voiced their
support for eye donotion os on expression of the highest
humonitorion ideos.
Enquire obout the neorest Eye Collection Centre/Eye
8onk. This is likely to be locoted ot o Medicol College or
Eye hospitol in your oreo. Contoct the one neorest you
(by phone or o personol visit} ond they will register your
pledge ond provide you with on Eye Donotion Cord.
t is preferoble if oll members of the fomily pledge their
eyes together. However on individuol con olso pledge
his/her eyes ot ony time in his life.
The eyes of o deceosed person con olso be donoted
whether he hos pledged his eyes in his life or not. Under
low, relotives of the deceosed con donote his/her eyes
provided he/she hos never spoken ogoinst eye donotion.
Are ony cosls involved in eye donolion?
Con lhe eyes be removed ol home?
Does lhe recipienl hove lo poy lor lhe eye lhol is
used lor grolling?
Whol ore lhe morol ond religious views on eye
donolion?
Procedure lor Eye Donolion
For further informotion, contoct. Neoresl Primory Heollh Cenlre, Governmenl Hospilol, Medicol College ond NGO Hospilol.
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