Awareness on eye donation crucial, says organ donation panel
Medical professionals in Vizianagaram are conducting awareness programs to encourage eye donation, citing a critical need to help the visually challenged. Organizers are working to combat superstitions and fears that prevent families from pledging the corneas of deceased relatives.
Why it matters
Increasing the rate of eye donation is essential for addressing the backlog of patients waiting for corneal transplants to restore their vision.
All India Body Organ Donation State general secretary Shingam Shivaji said eye donation awareness was the need of the hour to help thousands of visually challenged persons in the State.
North Andhra Registered Medical Practitioners Association’s zonal president Jangam Joshi and Vizianagaram district president Gedda Chiranjeevi organised an awareness programme in a private eye hospital in Vizianagaram on Wednesday.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr Shivaji said that corneas collected within five hours of death can be transplanted to needy people to restore vision.
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