Wearing glasses does not disqualify a person from donating corneas for eye transplantation Cataract surgery, diabetes, and high blood pressure do not automatically prevent eye donation Eye retrieval ...

When most people think of organ donation, they naturally think of the four most common organs transplanted: kidney, liver, heart, and lung. All are critical, and matching a donor with a recipient can ...

For many families, eye donation sounds like a noble idea until a very practical doubt comes up: Can these eyes actually be donated? Someone may have worn thick spectacles, undergone cataract surgery, ...

A new study has found there is significant scope to increase the number of eye donations from patients cared for in hospice and palliative care settings—donations which are desperately needed for ...

A global study recorded 214,299 corneal transplants in 2022. Discover the truth about eye donation, donor age, poor eyesight ...

If you can see by simply slipping on a pair of glasses, or if you don’t need glasses or contact lenses at all, the gift of sight is something we can easily take for granted. For millions of people ...

The demand comes during National Eye Donation Fortnight, observed from August 25 to September 8 to raise awareness about eye donation. Renowned ophthalmologist Dr Shashi Kapoor said every person ...

As part of the 41st National Eye Donation Fortnight 2026, the Department of Ophthalmology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, organised a ...

Eye donation is one of the noblest forms of donation and can help restore sight to another person, said Guruprasad, Dean, Faculty of Medical Sciences, KBN University. As the chief guest at the ...

New research highlights the need for routine discussions about eye donation in end-of-life care clinical settings Less than four per cent of eligible patients in end-of-life care settings were asked ...