How to Donate
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1. Fill in the donor pledge card. Have your signature witnessed by
two persons. (If you are not yet 18 have your parent or guardian as
one of the witnesses.)
2. Discuss your decision with your family members and friends. Get
the signature of your next of kin. The pledge form is considered
incomplete without the signature of the next of kin.
3. Please send or mail the completed form to Jeuti Eye Bank, K.K.
Handique Path, Jorhat, Assam, Pin : 785001, Ph : Toll free 1919 /
03762301208 /2304500 / 9207410570
4. We will send you in return the donor card stating your pledge.
5. Please carry the donor card with you at all times. If you change
your name or address, please inform the Jeuti Eye Bank.
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FACTS ABOUT EYE DONATION
When there is a death & the family wishes to donate eyes:
• Call the Eye Bank immediately.
• Turn off the fan above the deceased body.
• Close both the eyes.
• Place a handkerchief with ice cubes in it, on both closed
eyes.
• Raise the head with a couple of pillows.
• Keep the death certificate from a doctor ready.
• Eye donation has to be made within 6-8 hours after death
• Eye donation is a very simple procedure and takes 15-20
minutes.
• After an eye donation there will be no disfigurement.
Artificial, life-like eyes are fitted after the removal of eyes.
• Eye donation does not delay or interfere with funeral
arrangements.
• The Eye Bank team will recover the eyes wherever the donor is,
be it a residence, hospital, mortuary or even a burial ground.
• It is illegal to buy or sell donor eyes.
• Only corneas are transplanted and not the whole eye.
• Eyes can be donated, even if a pledge card is not signed.
• Eye donation is confidential. The identity and details of the
donor and the recipient will not be disclosed. The family will
receive a letter of appreciation and a certificate from the Eye
Bank in a few days. ONE eye donation can restore sight for TWO
blind persons.
• An eye donation cannot be accepted when the deceased is known
have had AIDS, Hepatitis, Rabies & Syphilis as there are chances
of the disease being transmitted to the recipient.
• All religions support, approve and consider eye donation as
the most supreme form of gift.
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