What is Eye donation? Why is it important? 
There are hundreds of thousands of visually handicapped people in our country. It is estimated that out of this about 10 lakh people can regain vision with appropriate treatment. Surgery can restore vision to those who have become blind due to cataract or those whose cornea has been affected. The damaged whitish cornea should be replaced by a crystal like healthy cornea which has been donated by a healthy person. So eye-donation should be encouraged in a large scale, as one of the best means of social service. To enable another person obtain vision is one of the best forms of charity. Even after death the donor lives in the eyes of recipient. Eyes from a dead person can enable two blind people to acquire vision.

Can a living person donate his eyes?
Eye donations are NOT taken from a living person, but are removed only from the dead. However, anybody can pledge to donate his eyes and his wish can be fulfilled by his kin after his demise.

What part of the eye is transplanted?
Although the entire eye is removed from the body but it is only the cornea that can be transplanted. Usually artificial or plastic eyes are put in the socket of the dead and eyelids stitched together to restore normal appearance of the face.

How to pledge?
All you have to do is to fill up a eye donation form available from Pallibashi, or any eye bank and submit it in Pallibashi, or the nearest eye bank. For your convenience eye donation form given our website . You can take a print out of the form and post it to the address of Pallibashi or National Eye Bank given at the bottom.

Any other formality?
In the event of death of the individual the relatives / kin are required to inform the Pallibashi,nearest eye bank or the physician taking care of the individual about his wish of donating his eyes. They are also required to sign a consent form before the eyes can be removed.

Will the relatives get to know the recipient of the eyes?
No. The identity of both the recipient and the donor is kept a secret.

Are there any payments involved?
No. There are no payment or money involved for donor or for the recipient for the corneal transplantation i.e., there is no payment for the eye or cornea. (However, the recipient may have to pay for the operation charges).
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