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Mrs. Rekha Mehta

Is Science and Law Graduate from University of Mumbai. She was associated with ICICI Bank in Managerial cadre.

She is also a Trustee in Shraddha Charitable trust – working for Autistic and Developmentally Handicapped children. This organization helps “The special children ” to become a part of the main stream of society.

*Preferable age for eye donation is less than 80 years. With advancing age the utility rate goes down rapidly and especially for age group in +80, it is as low as less than 5 percent and are seldom useful to give sight to the blind.

*The eyes have to be removed within six hours of death.

*Inform eye bank or eye collection center immediately irrespective of the initial pledging of eye donation.

*Eye removal takes only 25-30 minutes and leaves no scar or disfigurement of the face.

*Eye donation gives sight to two or more than two blind persons. One blind person is given one eye.

*Only the cornea is transplanted for all practical purpose and not the entire eyeball. However, other part of eye is used for research and education purpose.

*The donated corneas are transplanted to patients eye who are waiting list in accordance with the priority based on guidelines to avoid malpractices.

*The eyes are never bought or sold.

Mrs. Rekha Mehta

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