Procurement of Specular Microscope for Deesha International Eye Bank

Corneal Blindness continues to be one of the major public health problems in our country. Presently only solution for corneal blindness is the transplantation of eyes from the deceased. According to the NPCB estimates, there are currently 200,000 corneal blind persons in the country and it is estimated that there is an addition of 25000 - 30000 corneal blindness cases every year in the country.

Taking the importance of eye donation into consideration, the DEESHA Group has started working for eye donation awareness in 2005. Considering the need to strengthen the eye banking infrastructure and make eye donation hassle-free for the family, Deesha International Eye Banks has been established in Amravati, Yavatmal, Washim and Buldhana Districts. The foundation wishes to make the eye banking infrastructure in line with the best practices across the globe. The foundation needs an "Eye Banking Specular Microscope" which will help us to increase tissue utilization rate, i.e., more number donated eyes will be utilized for transplantation to the corneal blinds.

The microscope will help us to evaluate the cells of donated corneas and accordingly it can be transplanted to multiple people with negligible wastage of donated eyes.