Donate
Your Eye After Death & Allow Others to See This Beautiful World
through Your Eyes
Who
can be en eye donor?
Anyone
can be an eye donor, irrespective of sex, age, religion, creed, caste or blood group. The removal of the eyes neither disfigures the face
nor interfaces with the customary funeral arrangements.
Which
part of eye used for transplant?
Only
the thin layer which is transparent in front of the iris ie, cornea
used to replace the diseased or opaque cornea in the eye of the
patient (recipient).
Do
cataract or use of glasses causes the cornea unfit for
donation?
No,
both these conditions relate to the lens of the eye and not about the
cornea. People who are successfully operated for
cataracts or glaucoma or even retinal detachments can also donate
their eyes after death. In fact there have been instances of those
who have received a corneal transplant themselves donating their
corneas after death! All that is required is that the donor has a
clear, transparent, healthy cornea at the time of death.
Do human body rejects the transplanted cornea?
The
human cornea does not have any blood supply; hence the risk of
rejection is very less. If rejected, it can be treated
by timely medication.
Conditions of the cornea unfitness for donation?
Corneas
of people suffering from AIDS, rabies, syphillis, tetanus,
septicaemia and certain viral diseases cannot be transplanted. People
with diabetes, hypertension or cancer can donate their eyes. However,
if the donor had blood-borne cancer then the cornea of such a patient
cannot be used.
How suddenly should the eye be removed after death for transplantation?
As
soon as possible eyes can be removed up to 6 hrs after death.
However, in places where the climate is hot is preferably 2 to 4 hrs after death is
advisable.
Is
it necessary to take donor to hospital after death?
No,
eye banks have persons who will come to the donor's home or place
of death and remove the eyes.
Realize
the value of eye donation & go around spreading the message of the
nobility of eye donation.
