Asian Journal of Nursing Education and Research

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Eye Donation


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There are currently an estimated 15 million blind people in India. 6.8 million of these suffer from corneal blindness with vision less than 6/60 in at least one eye, and of these, about 1 million have bilateral corneal blindness. If the present trend continues, it is expected that the number of corneal blind individuals in India will increase to 10.6 million in 2020.
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S. Kanmani
Sri Ramakrishna College of Nursing, 395, Sarojini Naidu Street, Sidhapudur, Coimbatore – 641 044, India

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There are currently an estimated 15 million blind people in India. 6.8 million of these suffer from corneal blindness with vision less than 6/60 in at least one eye, and of these, about 1 million have bilateral corneal blindness. If the present trend continues, it is expected that the number of corneal blind individuals in India will increase to 10.6 million in 2020.