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

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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

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