India Needs Four Times More Eye Donors to Support the Annual Demand for 1 Lakh Corneal Transplantations : Dr. N V Raghunath Rao
Bhubaneswar : In India, an estimated 20 lakh people suffer from blindness caused by damages to the cornea, the clear transparent outer layer of the eye. More than a quarter of the cases of corneal blindness can be resolved if transplantations are done without delay. Just like any other body organ, the cornea of the…