FACTS ABOUT EYE DONATIONAnybody can donate Eyes.Pleding the eyes before death is not a precondition.Age , Sex are of no matter.If the cause of death is Jaundice, AIDS , Cancer, Brain Fever or Syphilis the eyes cannot be donated.Can be donated even if the deceased had Blood Pressure , Sugar , Cholesterol etc or had undergone any eye surgery also.People wearing glasses or with other eye problems can also be eye donors.Eyes should be removed within 6 hours after death.Desire for donating eyes should be informed to nearest Eye bank within 4 hours.Eye donation will be carried out at the house , hospital or nursing home whereever the body is lying.Removal of the eyes will be done within 20 minutes.There will be no bleeding or mutilation of the face after the removal.The face of the deceased will appear serene , quite and unchanged after the Eye donation.Eyes collected from one individual will be used for two different perspons.There is no money involved in collecting or in utilizing donor eyes.All details of Eye donations and usage will be kept confidential.Youngsters should always motivate the elders around them for eye donation besides they themselves pledging their own eyes.The pledging of eyes for donation , done by older people is comparitively of immediate use than the pledging done by youngsters , considering their further age and longivity.AFTER DEATH OF A PERSION-DO’S1. Eyes should be kept closed.2. Eyes must be covered wet cloth.3. Two pillows be kept below the head.4. Keep ice pieces on the forehead in a thin plastic bag.(If possible)5. Keep changing Ice bits as they melt .