Your decision to donate eyes can light up people's lives because it provides vision to two corneally blind persons.So, if we have got God's gift of Vision, why not try to pass it on to somebody who doesn't have it?
Spread the awareness of Donating eyes.
Eye Donation shows your responsibility to society as a caring, committed citizen.Your attitude makes a world of difference.Your decision offers a vision of hope.
Who can donate eyes? |
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Eye donors can belong to any age group or sex. |
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People who use spectacles, short sightedness, long sightedness or |
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astigmatism or even those operated for cataract can still donate, as these |
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conditions may not affect the cornea. |
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Patients who are diabetics, those suffering from hypertension, asthma |
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patients and those without communicable diseases can also donate eyes. |
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Persons who were infected with or died from AIDS, Hepatitis B or C, rabies, |
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septicemia, acute leukemia, tetanus, cholera, meningitis or encephalitis cannot donate eyes. |
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Eyes donated to The Eye-Bank that are not medically suitable for transplant |
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may be used for medical research and education. |
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