Coimbatore Medical
College Hospital (CMCH) – Department of Ophthalmology.
Awareness programmes on eye donation
With the
eye donation fortnight being observed from August 25 to September 8, awareness
programmes on eye donation are being held in the city.
The role of
relatives in eye donation was the focus of an awareness programme organised on
Friday at the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital (CMCH) by its Department of
Ophthalmology.
B.
Zaibunissa, Professor of Ophthalmology, CMCH, said that the major requirement
for eye donation was the death certificate of the donor and the presence of a
next of kin, who has to consent.
Even if the
deceased had pledged his/her eyes, the cornea could be removed only if the
person’s relative consented.
Similarly,
the relative could also consent to donate the cornea even if the deceased had
not signed up for eye donation.
The
relatives of a donor were felicitated during the programme.
The
objective of the event was to encourage more people to volunteer for eye
donation at CMCH, so that it would benefit people from the economically weaker
sections of society.
Those
willing to donate to the CMCH could contact the hospital at (0422) 2301
393/2301 394/2301 395/2301 396.
These
telephones lines are attended round-the-clock. Once information was provided in
these numbers, the CMCH would send an ambulance to remove the cornea, which had
to be done within six hours of death.
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