Who can Donate Eyes?
- Everyone
- Except chronic infections
Persons with AIDS, Hepatitis B and C, Rabies, Septicemia, Acute leukemia Blood Cancer, Tetanus, Cholera and
infectious diseases like Meningitis and Encephalitis cannot donate eyes.
How can I become a donor?
The most important action you can take to ensure you will be a donor is to tell your family and legal representative.
Families may give consent for donation.
Facts about the eye donation
- Eyes can be donated only after death
- Eyes must be removed within 6 hours after death
- Eye removal procedure takes 20-30 minutes only.
- A small quantity of blood will be drawn to rule out communicable diseases.
- Eye retrieval does not cause disfigurement
- The identities of both the donor and the recipient are kept confidential