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Eye Banking Service in a Lions
Eye Hospital
Dr Arundhati TamuliCMO, Lion K K Saharia Eye hospital
Dibrugarh, Assam, Indiawww.diblionseye.org
Movie on eye donation
20%
80%
Cornea Blinds
Cornea blind (3 mil-lions)Others (12 milliions)
India needs 25 lakhs corneas each year Collection per year through 109 eye banks:
25000 Utilization is about 17500 (70%). 30% corneas
are not suitable for transplantation.
The Indian Scenario
Recovery or retrieval
CorneaProcessing
Distribution
What is an Eye Bank ?
Retrieval/ Recovery of tissue
Deceased family calls Eye Bank
Grief counselor motivates and obtains
consent
Society or organization obtains
consent
Cornea collection/ Enucleation
Serology
Slit Lamp Evaluation
Evaluation under specular microscope
Tissue Distribution or Utilization
Eye donation is not a spontaneous activity in
India
Public awareness meeting with various
societies, schools etc. Advertisement in Print media Advertisement in TV, Movie Hoarding, Banners, Posters, Leaflets Other campaigning methods like rally,
skits etc
Awareness
Awareness campaign increases Pledge
recruitment
But shows little impact on actual Cornea Collection
To Approach the grieving family at that crucial
moment to obtain consent under ‘Presumed Consent’
law
• Grief Counselors• Volunteers of Social
Service organizations
Eye Ban
k
Hospital
Hospital
Hospital
Hospital Cornea Retrieval
Lions Club Eye Bank
• Widespread network of members
• Commitment for Social Service• Competitive attitude
To be the Leader in Cornea Retrieval
Manpower
Ophthalmic Surgeons (Full time / on Panel) : 1
Ophthalmic Technician : 1 Eye Donation Counselor / Social Worker /
Health Educator / Clerk : 2
Setting up an Eye Bank
Equipments
Setting up an Eye Bank
Manpower
Ophthalmic Technician : 1 Eye Donation Counselor/ Social Worker / Health
Educator : 1 Telephone, Vehicle & Refrigeration facility No need of
THOA certification Serology lab Slit lamp etc.
Cornea Collection center
The Transplantation Of Human Organs Act,
1994 (THOA) Presumed Consent Mandated Choice Consent (along with DL/
Income Tax filing etc.) Routine Inquiry law
Legal issue
Infrastructure funding from
NPCB
To generate fund from surgery
Financial issue
Eye Bank in a Lions Eye Hospital is considered a viable
option.
Commitment for social service, wide spread network of members from different background and competitive attitude is prominent in Lions Club atmosphere.
These are the key requirements for sufficient tissue collection and survival strategy.
All these will lead to the primary Goal to give vision to the cornea blinds..
Conclusion
Thank you
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