As a part of the 15-day marketing campaign celebrated yearly, well being institutes and different stakeholders are inspired to marketing campaign for mass public consciousness about eye donation and to inspire residents to pledge their eyes after loss of life.

At the moment, round 1.1 million persons are corneal blind in India and the present annual transplant quantity within the nation is 25,000- 30,000. In PGIMER, round 2,800 sufferers are ready for his or her corneal transplantation however the hospital will get solely 600-700 corneas yearly. This fortnight goals to create mass public consciousness and bridge the hole between the demand and provide of cornea.

This yr, a lecture collection is being organised for eye donation in colleges, schools and public locations for public consciousness. As well as, portray competitions, article writing competitions, and different actions are being organised in colleges on eye donation and the winners shall be felicitated at Superior Eye Centre, PGIMER. Moreover, messages of eye donation are being displayed at distinguished locations, together with non secular locations, in collaboration with Lions Membership Central, Chandigarh.