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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Eleven States And UTs Have No Functional Eye Banks: RTI Reply

Eleven States And UTs Have No Functional Eye Banks: RTI Reply

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published Published on Oct 5, 2022   modified Modified on Oct 5, 2022

-PTI/ TheWire.in

States such as Tripura, Uttarakhand and Mizoram have just one functional eye bank, according to data.

New Delhi: Eleven states and Union Territories, including Goa and Jammu and Kashmir, have no functional eye banks, according to official data.
 
Doctors, however, underlined that such banks alone don’t serve the purpose as there is an increasing demand for eye donors, especially in view of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has exacerbated the situation.

According to the response to an RTI application filed by Madhya Pradesh-based activist Chandra Shekhar Gaur, there are a total number of 320 functional eye banks in the country.

Eleven states and Union Territories – Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, Jammu and Kashmir, Lakshadweep, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Sikkim – have no functional eye banks, it said.

Dr. Manisha Acharya, the medical director of eye bank at Dr. Shroff’s Charity Eye Hospital, said there are a total of 750 eye banks in India, but only some of them are fully functional, well-equipped, and responsible for 80% of cornea collections in the country.

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PTI/ TheWire.in, 5 October, 2022, https://thewire.in/health/eleven-states-and-uts-have-no-functional-eye-banks-rti-reply


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