Dimple Patel, who specialises in corneal disease, said the myths and squeamishness around organ donation needed to be dispelled. The cornea is the clear outer layer at the front of the eyeball ...

There have been 111 cornea donors in Wales since April - and ... "John wholeheartedly believed in helping others through organ donation, so when he learnt that the cancer had eliminated his ...

Myth: The Same Timing Applies To The Cornea Donation As To The Organ Donation. Fact: Cornea donation is to be made only after death and ideally retrieved. Within 6 - 8 hours after death is ideal ...

Now, alternative mechanisms are being looked into such as consent being presumed in cases where people have registered as ...

Grief counsellors at DMCH work tirelessly to raise awareness about cornea donation, navigating cultural, religious, and emotional barriers to provide hope for thousands of visually impaired individual ...

The Al-Shifa Trust (AST) advocated a state-backed cornea donation campaign to decrease reliance on imports because over 300,000 individuals are currently on transplant waiting lists. It said that ...

India is creating a centralized platform to track cornea transplant waitlists ... notice to the eye bank for augmenting their eye donation activities. "... otherwise in case of under-performance ...

MDedge News, June 06, 2023 Cornea Donation Rules May Ease for Gay, Bisexual Men The FDA's decision to eliminate screening based on sexual orientation for blood donation underscores the need to ...