DONATE EYES… SHARE VISION…

Dr. Ashraful Huq (Ridoy)Founder Bangladesh Eye Donation Society.Executive Director, Eye Bank.BANGLADESH

EYE DONATION SOCIETY

BLINDNESS PROFILE IN BANGLADESH

• Over 800,000 blind

• 650,000 due to cataract

• 40,000 children blind

• 8-10% of total blindness are cornea related

Corneal Blindness affects mainly children and young adults who have a long life ahead of them.

WHAT IS CORNEA ?

Cornea is the clear, transparent, tissue covering the front of the eye.

It serves as a window to allow light to enter the eye.

Vision will be dramatically reduced or lost if the cornea becomes cloudy due to disease, injury or infection.

• Injuries• Malnutrition• Infections• Chemical Burns• Congenital Disorders• Post operative complications

NOT EVERYTHING IS LOSTPeople who have lost sight can hope to regain it

back only by the help of people who have healthy vision like us

Getting back Sight

Fortunately lost sight due to corneal defects can be restored through corneal transplantation

CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATIONCORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION

•Procedure in which the cornea of donor eye is grafted to replace the diseased cornea of the patient.

•A significant proportion of blind patients can have their sight restored through corneal transplantation.

WHAT CAN WE DO

Do not bury!

Donate Eyes!!

Eye Donation• Eye donation is donation of our eyes after

death so that our eyes can give light to a blind person’s life.

• There is a huge gap between the supply and demand of eyes.

• A small gesture from us can bring down the gap.

• The 2 eyes from a donated person will go to 2 different individuals, so 2 blind person will get the gift of sight.

• So instead of burying our eyes, let us pass on this God given gift to vision deprived people so that we bring back colours to their lives.

• Eyes must be removed within 6 hours after death.

• The eye bank team will remove the eyes from the home

of the deceased or from a hospital.

• Eye removal does not delay the funeral since the entire

procedure takes 20-30 minutes only.

• Eye retrieval does not cause disfigurement.

• The identities of both the donor and the recipient are

kept confidential.

WHO CAN DONATE EYES

Age - NO BAR for Eye Donation

Any Gender can donate eyes

All religions endorse the practice of eye donation

WAITING FOR THE GIFTWAITING FOR THE GIFT

Because of this huge shortfall of donor eyes in Because of this huge shortfall of donor eyes in Bangladesh there is a long list of waiting patientsBangladesh there is a long list of waiting patients

APPEAL FROM US

Join Hands with usContribute for the Noble Cause

"There is no lovelier way to thank God for your sight than by giving a helping hand to those in the dark."

- Helen Keller

THANK YOUBANGLADESH EYE DONATION SOCIETYContact: +8801781171597, +8801811999070Email: bd.beds@gmail.comWebsite: www.beds-bd.orgSocial network: facebook/bd.beds