Eye Bank

  • Established in 2008
  • Our Eye bank is a permanent member of EYE BANK ASSOCIATION OF INDIA
  • 147 Enucleations have been performed till date.
  • Till date 293 eyeballs have been collected
  • 50 keratoplasties (transplantation of cornea to corneal blind patients) have been performed till now
  • Keratoplaty can be performed for Corneal Blind person (Blindness due to disease of cornea)
  • Trained Ophthalmologists perform enucleation and keratoplasty
  • Eyeballs which are not used for keratoplasty are used for Research and Training purpose.
  • EYE DONATION FORTNIGHT is celebrated from 25th August to 8th September every year for awareness about eye donation.
  • Awareness of EYE DONATION is also done by taking lectures in College and through media like Newspaper, Radio, eye donation rallies.
  • Contraindications for eye donation are:
    • Patients who are HIV positive, Hepatitis B positive, Covid-19 Positive.
    • Patients with Malignancies, Septicemia at the time of death.