%0 Journal Article
%T Eye donation awareness among medical and paramedical staff in a medical institute
%A Sudesh Kumar Arya
%A Neeti Gupta
%A Archana Malik
%J Nepalese Journal of Ophthalmology
%P 177-184
%D 2014
%I Nepal Ophthalmic Society
%R 10.3126/nepjoph.v6i2.11700
%X Introduction: Corneal diseases constitute a significant cause of visual impairment and blindness in the developing world. The number of corneal transplants done is far less than required due to the lack of donor cornea. A well informed and motivated medical and paramedical staff can increase the rate of eye donation by counseling grief-stricken relatives of the deceased for eye donation. £¿
%K eye donation
%K corneal blindness
%K visual impairment
%U http://www.nepjol.info/index.php/NEPJOPH/article/view/11700