Eye donation

About awareness of eye donation. Author is assistant professor in Ayurvedic Ophthalmology MES Ayurved Mahavidyalaya and consulting ayurvedic ophthalmologist at Shree Vyankatesh Netralay Chiplun.

1. EYE DONATION AWARENESS PROGRAMME By DR NIKHIL MALI M.S.( Netra ) Assistant Professor MES Ayurved Mahavidyalay

2. WHAT IS EYE DONATION Eye donation is charity purely for the benefit of society and totally voluntary act of donating one’s eyes after death by which corneal blinds get benefited.

3. IMPORTANCE OF EYES सर्वेन्द्रियाणाम नयनं प्रधानम् | Eye is the most important sense organ by which 80% of knowledge is gained.

4. IMPORTANCE OF EYE DONATION Donated eyes are used for

5. FACTS ABOUT EYE DONATIONS Eyes can be donated after death only. The eyes have to be removed within six hours of death. Eye removal takes only 10-15 minutes. Leaves no scar or disfigurement of the face. Only the cornea is transplanted.

6. Eye donation gives sight to TWO blind persons. The donated corneas are transplanted to patients eye according to waiting list. The eyes are never bought or sold. Eye donation is never refused.

7. HOW MANY YELLOW DOTS CAN YOU SEE? 3 OR ????

8. HISTORY OF EYE DONATION In 1944 , the first eye bank was founded in New York by two physicians, Dr. Townley Paton and Dr. John MacLean. In 1937 V P Filatow - Father of Eye Banking put forth the concept of Eye Bank

9. INDIAN HISTORY OF EYE DONATION In India first eye bank was started in 1945 at Chennai at Regional Institute of Ophthalmology. In 1989 EBAI(Eye Bank Association of India) was established. In 1991 Hospital Cornea Retrieval Programme was Started. In 2009 amendments to eye banking medical standards were done. Also in 2009 First National CME on Eye Banking was organised.

10. Magnitude of Blindness In India about 13 million people are blind. Out of which 4 millions are suffering from corneal blindness. Of the one million deaths last year in India only 42,000 opted for Eye Donation. Thus, by donating eyes we can cure corneal blindness.

11. What is Cornea

12. Corneal Blindness

13. WHY TO DONATE EYES

14. WHO CAN DONATE EYES … Anyone from the any age group. There is no age-limit for donating the eye. Person from any gender or religion can donate eyes. Person from any socioeconomic status can donate eyes. Person wearing spectacles or who has undergone any refractive surgery can donate eyes with prior information.

15. WHO CAN’T DONATE EYES … People suffering from Hepatitis AIDS Encephalitis Rabies Septicimea Retinoblastoma Leukemia Lymphoma

16. Do’s for Eye Donation Call nearest Eye Bank as early as possible. Keep the eyes of the deceased closed and covered with moist cotton. Switch off the ceiling fan and put on AC. Apply antibiotic eye drops periodically in the deceased’s eyes to reduce the chance of any infection. Raise the head of the deceased by about six inches, if possible, to reduce the chances of bleeding at the time of removal of the eyes.

17. PROCESS OF EYE DONATION credit: lvprasad eye institute

18. How to search local Eye Bank Call Toll Free number 1919 for eye donation. 1919

19. HOW TO PLEDGE

20. LOCAL NGO RELATED WITH EYE DONATION SAHYADRI NISARGA MITRA Contact 02355 253030 94238 31700 98815 75033

21. EYE DONATION CAMPAIGN AT LOCAL LEVEL

22. EYE DONATION CAMPAIGN AT MES

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24. LAWS RELATED WITH EYE DONATION Transplantation of Human Organ Act (THO) was passed in India in 1994 to streamline organ donation and transplantation activities.

25. LINKS RELATED WITH EYE DONATION www.netradaan.org – Related with Sahyadri Nisarga mitra www.ebai.org – E ye B ank A ssociation of I ndia www.donateeyes.org – to Pledge for eye donation online

26. SLOGANS FOR EYE DONATION Let Eye Donation be your family tradition.   Give an eye! don’t be shy!  Eye Donation   -  a gift of beauty, a return for Eternity.   Seeing is believing, please donate! So they can see the light, donate your sight  After you die, donate your eye

27. Yes! He donated his eyes

28. FAMOUS PERSONALITIES PLEDGE FOR EYE DONATION.

29. Here are YOU !!!! I have pledged for eye donation!!! When will you???

30. HOW TO ENCOURAGE FOR EYE DONATION Learn about Eye donation. Pledge to donate your eyes. Then encourage people around you to pledge. Social media is one of the best platform to encourage people. Educational Institutes, hospitals can play very important role in awareness.

31. Donate Eyes! Gift Sight! Pledge Today! in fact NOW!

32. PLEASE DON’T FORGET TO FOLLOW

33. THANK YOU