Nearly 2 million Indians are affected by Corneal Blindness and a significant portion of them are young. Today in India patients with corneal blindness can be visually rehabilitated only through transplanting their disease-affected corneas with healthy corneal tissues obtained from voluntary donors.There is a severe lack of donor eyes in India. We are in need of approximately 60,000 pairs of corneas every year. As against this, the annual procurement is about 10,000 pairs a year.
Reason? Lack of donor corneas in a country where over 10 million deaths take place every year!
Shroff Eye & Vision Research Centre is committed to spreading awareness about the noble cause of eye donation through
Eye donation awareness drives and campaigns
Advanced corneal eye surgery – DSEK
Ongoing seminars and/or talks on ‘eye donation’ in schools, colleges, societies, offices
What can you do?
- If you are present at a death try motivating the family to make an eye donation.
- Call 1919 (24 Hours) for grief counseling to motivate the family members.
- If you succeed in motivating the family members of the deceased, call the eye bank number and they will visit immediately.
- Help us promote eye donation.
- Pledge your eyes online – Download the pdf below
