Original Article

Year : 2018 | Volume : 3 | Issue : 1 | Page : 10 - 13

Hospital‐Based Corneal Retrieval at Shimla Hills: AnEffectiveAlternative to Improve

Eye Donation ‐ Retrospective Analysis of an Eye Bank Data

Ram Lal Sharma, Kalpana Sharma, Shashi Sharma, Shagun Korla

Department of Ophthalmology, IGMC, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India

Address for correspondence:

Dr. Kalpana Sharma,

Department of Ophthalmology, IGMC, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India.

E‐mail: doctorkalpana.84@gmail.com

Abstract

Aim:

The retrospective analysis of eye bank data was done in terms of sociodemographic profile, topography, and types of donations for procurement.

Materials and Methods:

The data of 6 years’ period from 2011 to 2016 were retrieved from the records available in the eye bank of the Department of Ophthalmology IGMC, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India.

Results:

There were 100 eye donations during this period in which 48 were males and 52 were females. Most of the donors belong to the age group of 60–80 years (n = 45), the corneal grade was B + in most of the cases (39%). The number of donors with rural background was more (71%) than that of donors with the urban background (29%) as the population profile of the state is mostly rural. The hospital‐based motivational eye donations constituted as many as 91 eye donations and 9 only were voluntary.

Conclusion:

Hospital corneal retrieval program is the main source of eye donations as the difficult hilly terrains of the state, and harsh clmatic conditions in winters limit the home-based retrieval of corneas. If hospital-based deaths are converted to eye donation, it can overcome the demand-supply gap in corneal blindness.

Keywords: Corneal retrieval, motivational, retrospective

How to cite this article: Sharma RL, Sharma K, Sharma S, Korla S. Hospital-based corneal retrieval at Shimla hills: An effective alternative to improve eye donation - retrospective analysis of an eye bank data. Int J Soc Rehab 2018;3:10-3.