Eye Donation Facility Resumes at Nirmal Ashram Eye Institute, Rishikesh
The services of the Eye Collection Centre at Nirmal Ashram Eye Institute (NEI), Rishikesh, which had been suspended earlier last year, owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, have now been resumed and with this, the Institute has started to accept corneas from donors.
Dr. Bandana Yein, Cornea Consultant at NEI has informed that the facility of eye donation has been running smoothly at the Institute since January 2021.
Dr. Asif Khan, Medical Superintendent at NEI has apprised that the Eye Collection Centre has been functioning at the Institute since 2012 and till date 202 persons have, posthumously, donated their eyes through the Centre. He further added that the Institute was accorded the permission for conducting cornea transplant surgery in 2013 and that, till date, 297 persons have undergone successful cornea transplant at NEI and have been blessed with the gift of sight.
Through this message, Dr. Khan, exhorts all well-wishers and volunteers of NEI to highlight the importance and appropriateness of eye donation among the general public, so that an increasing number of people can be motivated to pledge their eyes for donation.
The Services of the Institute’s Eye Collection centre are available 24×7
For eye donation, please contact on 98 376 07526 and 63 991 52727.
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