Eye Bank In Center for Sight, New Delhi
What is an eye bank?
Eye banks are the institutions responsible for procuring, medically evaluating, and distributing corneas donated by deceased individuals. Donated eyes are used for corneal transplantation, research, and education purposes.
What is corneal blindness?
The cornea is the clear tissue lens covering the front part of the eye and is responsible for almost 60% of our vision. There is a risk of loss of vision in the case of corneal diseases and opacities. If a treatment is not given on time it can lead to permanent corneal blindness.
Corneal Blindness Prevalence
Globally the number of people of all ages visually impaired is estimated to be 2.2 billion. Corneal blindness contributes to 4.2 million of these, which is a huge percentage of global blindness.
Corneal blindness implies, reduced or compromised vision due to the loss of transparency or distortion of the shape of the cornea while the retina and optic nerve functions being mostly healthy.
What Is The Need For The Eyes Donation?
Corneal blindness is treated by replacing the damaged cornea with a healthy donated human cornea. The human cornea is provided only through eye donation.
Though India has highly qualified surgeons and well-equipped hospitals, we do not have enough corneal donation to meet the demand and tackle the present burden of corneal blindness.
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