Under the National Health Mission, the 38th Eye Donation Fortnight has started from August 25, with the aim of reducing blindness in the country, by the Health Department. This eye donation fortnight will be celebrated till September 8. During this fortnight, people are being made aware about eye donation by doctors, medical staff of government hospitals and social workers associated with social organizations. It is believed that eye donation is a precious boon to be alive even after death, there is no donation greater than eye donation, a living being can be useful to others even after being dead.During eye donation fortnight, government hospitals and social organization Seva Sangh Eye Bank are making people aware about eye donation and filling their forms, in which any person can make a pledge to donate his eyes and declare to donate his eyes after his death. Is. On filling the form, that person is also given an identity card so that after his death, his relatives can get his eyes donated during his wish.Ophthalmologist Dr. Kavita Goyal said that with the aim of reducing blindness in the country, the National Eye Donation Fortnight has been started by the Health Department from August 25, which will continue till September 8. He said that people are being made aware about eye donation by the doctors and other medical staff of the health department and interested persons are being registered by filling the form. Identity card is provided to the person who has taken the pledge of eye donation after registration.Shiv Shankar Pahwa, general secretary of Kaithal's social service organization Seva Sangh, said that in fact eye donation is a great donation. He said that Kaithal's social organization Sewa Sangh had started eye donation scheme many years back and some time back, the Chief Minister of Haryana had accorded eye bank status to Sewa Sangh in view of the good work done by Sewa Sangh in the field of eye donation, Mr. Pahwa said. Told that till now about 400 people have been donated eyes by Seva Sangh, due to which about 800 people have been given eyesight.Dr. Aditya Goyal also said that during the fortnight being celebrated by the government, more and more people are being made aware about eye donation.
Kaithal Deputy Civil Surgeon Dr. Vikas Dhawan said that the health department is celebrating Eye Donation Fortnight under the National Health Mission by the government to reduce blindness in the country. For which more and more people will be made aware about eye donation by the health department.