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15 million blind people are found to be present in India, 4.5 millions corneal blind people are waiting for someone to donate eyes, and 60% of these are children. 10,000 corneal graftings are performed every year in India. If the present trend continues, it is expected that the number of corneally blind individuals in India will increase from 8.4 millions to 10.6 millions by 2020. Current eye donation is 22000 per year.
Facilities
- •24 hrs & 365 days service.
- • Laminar flow hood for processing of the cornea.
- • Dedicated eye collection team consisting of a doctor, eye bank technician and ambulance driver.
- • Evaluation of donor tissue by Slit Lamp, Specular Microscope.
Functions
- • Eye Ball collection.
- • Button cutting and grading of donated cornea.
- • M.K. Media for Corneal Button preservations.
- • Sclera cutting and Preservation.
- • Distribution of donor Tissue (Cornea button, Scleral tissues) to Ophthalmic Surgeons.