To start with a quote by Winston Churchill: “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” An NGO is a non-profit organization for the welfare of society. Since this is for a good cause, many will join hands. Creating awareness, making people aware of our motive, […]
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The Eye Donation Fortnight 2019 will be celebrated from August 25th, 2019 to September 8th, 2019. The first eye donation happened in the year 1905. Even after a century we still see shortage of people coming forward to pledge to donate eyes after their life. In India about 1.1 million (source: Eye Bank Association of
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In India the corneal blind population accounts to 1.1 million people. Yet there is no significant volunteering to pledge and donate eyes to the blind. The following points could be the reasons for not donating the eyes after demise of a person: Taking the courage to speak to the family about the eye donation in
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The decision to donate eyes must come from oneself. It is known and understandable situation that in the event of demise of a person, the family and friends would be in deep pain. Hence the initiation to donate eyes from the family becomes difficult. In such a scenario what is the solution or approach to
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Main causes of visual impairment are: Cataract Onchocerciasis (river blindness) Childhood blindness Refractive errors and low vision Diabetic retinopathy Glaucoma Age-related macular degeneration Corneal opacities Genetic eye diseases According to estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO) Globally, it is estimated that approximately 1.3 billion people live with some form of vision impairment. With regards
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Let us understand the parts of the human eye and understand which part of the eye is used for transplant. 1. Vitreous body 2. ora serrata 3. ciliary muscle 4. ciliary zonules 5. Schlemm\’s canal 6. pupil 7. anterior chamber 8. cornea 9. iris 10. lens cortex 11. lens nucleus 12. ciliary process 13. conjunctiva
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