A. Organ and tissue recovery agency will travel to any hospital to recover and transport organs to transplant facilities. If family has given consent, organs not suitable for transplantation may be used for valuable research. Each organ donor is evaluated on an individual basis. The oldest cornea donor for research in Nebraska was 104 years old. I have poor eyesight.
Poor vision is usually a disease of another part of the eye other than the cornea.
Your cornea may be suitable for transplantation. If you have diabetes, retinal disease or other eye diseases, your eyes still can be valuable for research. There seems to be a public perception that some patients, such as celebrities, don't wait as long for donor organs. Organs are allocated to the sickest person, with the most waiting time accrued, that matches the donor's blood type and body size, waiting at the transplant center in closest proximity to the donor that becomes available. This is under revision at present, as healthcare professionals strive to make the allocation system a more patient driven system and access geographically more equitable.