SAKSHAMA Karnataka formally launched National Eye Donation Awareness Fortnight event today at T-John Group of Institution, Bengaluru as part of its Cornea Andhatv Mukht Bharath Abhiyan (CAMBA) project and ignited young minds of hundreds of students with importance of eye donation and problems related to corneal blindness our country facing. Chief Guest Dr. Divya Consultant Ophthalmologist, Nethradhama Eye Hospital along with other guests on stage formally launched the National Eye Donation Awareness by displaying thes gave brief presentation on eye donation and explained the myths and facts of eye donation. Another special guest, Dr. Bijoy Mishra, Principal & Professor – TIMS – T.John Group of Institutions extended his full cooperation in future for increasing the eye donation awareness and conducting eye screening camps by involving students in large number. Sri. Vinod Prakash R, Sakshama Karnataka State General Secretary in his key note speech highlighted importance and significance of CAMBA project in the context National Eye Donation Awareness Fortnight and enlightened students on their roles to reaching the goals of Corneal blindness free Bharath. In his presidential address, Sri. Vijaykumar, Rtd. AGM -ING Vysa , SAKSHAMA Karnataka state President emphasized on the challenges we are facing related to inaccurate statistics on actual numbers of corneal blindness people in India by dedicated survey and also lack of infrastructure in setting eye banks in all districts and bringing awareness in citizen to donate eyes instead of burning eyes which gives opportunity to blind people to see light in their life. Connecting corneal donors to recipients and increasing number of eye donations and making successful eye donation by improving infrastructure in India is present need of the hour. Program finally concluded with blindfold walk by T.John Management and Science students where hundreds of students walked around campus and main roads by closing their eyes and raising slogans on eye donation to bring awareness among public.
