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    The document discusses the role of general practitioners in promoting eye donation to address the shortage of donors compared to the need for corneal transplants. It notes that general practitioners are well positioned to suggest eye donation and provide information and forms to patients' families.

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    The document discusses the role of general practitioners in promoting eye donation to address the shortage of donors compared to the need for corneal transplants. It notes that general practitioners are well positioned to suggest eye donation and provide information and forms to patients' families.

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    The document discusses the role of general practitioners in promoting eye donation to address the shortage of donors compared to the need for corneal transplants. It notes that general practitioners are well positioned to suggest eye donation and provide information and forms to patients' families.

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    Eye Donation Presentation

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    The document discusses the role of general practitioners in promoting eye donation to address the shortage of donors compared to the need for corneal transplants. It notes that general practitioners are well positioned to suggest eye donation and provide information and forms to patients' families.

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    ROLE OF

    GENERAL PRACTITIONERS
    IN EYE DONATION
    WHAT IS CORNEAL BLINDNESS?
    THE CORNEA IS A CLEAR,
    TRANSPARENT TISSUE
    THAT COVERS THE FRONT
    OF THE EYE.

    REDUCTION IN VISION
    OR LOSS OF EYESIGHT OCCURS
    WHEN THE CORNEA
    IS DAMAGED.
    CAUSES OF
    CORNEAL BLINDNESS
    INJURIES
    INFECTIONS
    MALNUTRITION
    CHEMICAL BURNS
    CONGENITAL DISORDERS
    POST OPERATIVE DISORDERS
    FORTUNATELY,
    CORNEAL BLINDNESS IS
    REVERSIBLE!
    SIGHT CAN BE
    RESTORED THROUGH
    CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION
    BUT THE AVAILABILITY OF EYES
    FOR DONATION IS FAR LESS
    THAN THE REQUIREMENT...

    THERE ARE 52 MILLION


    VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE IN INDIA
    AND NUMBER OF DONORS PER YEAR
    IS JUST OVER 40 THOUSAND
    THE DEATH RATE PER 1000
    IN PUNE IN 2010 AS PER WORLD BANK
    WAS 8.04% AMOUNTING TO
    44,149
    BUT ONLY 1296 EYES WERE COLLECTED.
    THAT IS, ONLY 648 PEOPLE DONATED
    WHICH IS MERELY
    1.47%
    WHY IS THERE
    SUCH A SCARCITY OF DONORS?
    LACK OF AWARENESS

    MISCONCEPTIONS AND MYTHS

    RELIGIOUS APPREHENSIONS

    LACK OF INFORMATION
    SOLUTIONS

    ONE OF THE KEY SOLUTIONS


    IS THE ROLE OF THE
    GENERAL PRACTITIONER
    IN PROMOTING THE CAUSE.
    THE FAMILY DOCTOR
    IS TRUSTED BY THE
    FAMILY OF THE DECEASED
    AND IS IN A POSITION TO
    SUGGEST EYE DONATION
    AT THE TIME OF DEATH.
    THE GENERAL PRACTITIONER CAN
    PROMOTE THE CAUSE BY HAVING
    EYE DONATION POSTERS
    AND INFORMATIVE BROCHURES
    AT HIS CLINIC. THIS WILL
    SPREAD AWARENESS AND
    HELP THE CAUSE REACH
    A GREATER NUMBER OF PEOPLE.
    AVAILABILITY OF
    EYE DONATION FORMS AT
    A GP’S CLINIC WILL MAKE IT
    CONVENIENT FOR PEOPLE
    TO PLEDGE THEIR EYES.
    THE GENERAL PRACTITIONER
    IN HIS CAPACITY AS FAMILY DOCTOR
    ISSUES DEATH CERTIFICATES.
    CARRYING EYE DONATION FORMS
    AT THE TIME OF DEMISE WILL
    GREATLY INCREASE CHANCES
    OF DONATION.
    EVEN IF ONE GP IS ABLE TO
    FIND ONE EYE DONOR
    EVERY TWO YEARS,
    IT WILL ACCOUNT FOR
    A TREMENDOUS INCREASE IN
    EYE DONATION.
    WHAT IS
    AN EYE BANK?
    AN EYE BANK IS A PLACE FOR STORING
    AND PRESERVING CORNEAS THAT
    ARE OBTAINED FROM HUMAN CORPSES
    IMMEDIATELY AFTER DEATH;
    USED FOR CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION
    TO PATIENTS WITH CORNEAL DEFECTS
    EYE DONATION FACTS
    EYES SHOULD BE DONATED
    WITHIN 6 TO 8 HOURS OF DEATH

    ONLY THE CORNEA IS USED FOR


    TRANSPLANT AND REMOVAL TAKES
    ONLY ABOUT 15 - 20 MINS.

    THERE IS NO COST TO DONATE.


    TRANSPLANT AGENCIES
    BEAR ALL COSTS.
    EYE DONATION FACTS
    EYES ARE EVALUATED AT
    THE EYE BANK AND ONLY
    THE ONES DEEMED SUITABLE
    ARE USED FOR TRANSPLANT.
    OTHERS ARE USED FOR
    RESEARCH AND EDUCATION.
    EYE DONATION FACTS
    EYES CAN BE DONATED BY THE
    FAMILY OF THE DECEASED EVEN IF
    THE DECEASED HAD NOT FORMALLY
    PLEDGED THEIR EYES DURING
    THEIR LIFETIME.

    EYE DONATION IS NOT AGAINST


    THE TEACHINGS OF ANY RELIGION.
    IT IS ENDORSED BY ALL RELIGIONS.
    EYE DONATION MYTHS
    X EYE DONATION CAUSES
    DISFIGUREMENT OF FACE
    LEAVING HOLES AT THE EYE SOCKETS.

    X AN EYE DONOR IS BORN BLIND IN


    HIS OR HER NEXT LIFE.

    X PEOPLE WITH WEAK EYESIGHT


    CANNOT DONATE
    PRECAUTIONS TO BE TAKEN
    CLOSE THE EYELIDS OF THE DECEASED
    AND SWITCH OFF THE FAN

    RAISE THE HEAD OF THE DECEASED


    BY PLACING A PILLOW UNDERNEATH

    CONTACT THE NEAREST EYE BANK


    AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
    WHO CAN DONATE?
    ANYONE CAN BE A DONOR,
    IRRESPECTIVE OF AGE, SEX,
    BLOOD GROUP OR RELIGION
    WHO CANNOT DONATE?
    PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM:
    HEPATITIS, AIDS, ENCEPHALITIS, RABIES,
    SEPTICIMEA (BACTEREMIA,FUNGEMIA,
    VIREMIA), RETINOBLASTOMA,
    LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOMA,
    END STAGE CANCER,
    CREUTZFELDT-JACOD SYNDROME
    EVERYONE PASSES AWAY...
    BE SOMEONE THAT PASSES ON!

    DONATE THE GIFT OF SIGHT!

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