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EYE NEVER DIE, DONATE EYE
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Add Color to One’s
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An Awareness Campaign by
Saksham Aggarwal & Samarth Aggarwal
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KNOW ABOUT YOUR EYE
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Cornea is the clear tissue covering the front of the eye.
It serves as a window to allow light to enter the eye.
If the cornea becomes cloudy from disease, injury, infection or poor nutrition, vision is dramatically reduced or lost.
Corneal blindness affects mainly children and young adults who have a long life ahead of them.
BLIND POPULATION IN INDIA
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VISUALLY IMPAIRED : 15 MILLION
BLIND DUE TO CORNEAL DISORDER : 3 MILLION
ANNUAL DONATED EYES REQUIREMENT : 2.5 LACS ANNUAL DONATED EYES COLLECTION : 20-25,000
Corneal blindness can be treated by replacing the damaged cornea by a healthy donated human cornea. The human cornea
can be produced through Eye Donation only
SPEND ONLY ONE DAY BLINDFOLDED
Life must have been very scary this one day!
Imagine how blind people lead their life.
Give them the gift of Light
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India’s Total Population 123 Crores (1230
Million).
Daily Death – 62389
Daily Birth – 86853
If Daily Dead People Donate their Eyes.
Within 11 Days All Blinds will be able to
see.
Then in India there will be NO Blinds.
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“ There is no better way to
thank God for your sight
than by giving
a helping hand to
someone in the dark.“ Helen Keller
WHY EYE DONATION ?
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Approximately 11 Lakh (1.1 Million) blind population of our country are waiting for corneal transplantation and approximately 25,000 new
cases are being reported every year.
Eye donation means donating the eyes of a person after death for transplantation with the family consent.
One eye donation can give sight to two corneal
blind persons.
WHO CAN DONATE EYES ?
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Anyone can be donor, irrespective of age, sex, blood group or religion.
Anyone with cataract or spectacles can donate eyes.
Person suffering from hypertension,
diabetes can also donate eyes.
HOW AND WHEN ?
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Eyes should be donated within 6-8 hrs of death.
Total procedures take 15-20 minutes.
There is no disfigurement of the face of the donor.
After removal, the eyes are analyzed, processed at the eye bank and then cornea is transplanted within 96 hours.
Eye banks come under Human Organ Transplantation Act, and are given registration after inspection by competent authorities. Donated ayes cannot be brought or sold as it is a crime under the act.
RESPECT THE WISH OF THE DONOR
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Dial the nearest Eye Bank (1919) within 6 hours of death.
Switch off the fans and keep the air conditioner or cooler on.
Raise the head with the help of a pillow.
Place wet cotton swab on closed eyes.
YOUR EFFORTS WILL HELP SOMEONE TO SEE
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Eyes Never PerishDONATE EYES
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HOW YOU CAN HELP ?
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Pledge your eyes
Motivate others to pledge. Act as an catalyst and facilitate eye donation by counseling family members of deceased in your neighborhood, relatives, friends etc.
Join G2S as a volunteer to spread the awareness
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