Mysore Race Club Charitable Eye Hospital has good news for those who have lost their eye-sight and are in search of eye-donors.
The hospital has received approval from the Government to open an eye bank in its premises and the Hospital management is preparing to set up a full-fledged modern eye-grafting unit along with the eye-bank. If everything goes according to plan, the unit will begin functioning in two or three months' time.
Though there are facilities to collect donor-eyes in K.R. Hospital and Mysore Eye Bank, the lack of grafting facility forces patients to travel to Bangalore for eye-graft procedure. The Race Club Eye Hospital will put an end to this.
The units in K.R. Hospital and Mysore Eye Bank lack basic facilities and sometimes the donated eyes go waste because of lack of expert surgeons to remove the eyes after death. The new unit at Race Club Eye Hospital will have a team of experts on 24 hours duty.
"Arrangements are being made to be on 24 hours alert to receive donor-eyes at the new unit", said Hospital Administrative Officer R.M. Rajamohan.
Trials are being conducted regarding eye grafting at the hospital and free grafting will be performed to the needy, he said.
The Mysore Race Club Charitable Trust, which started functioning in 1994, has examined the eyes of 4.86 lakh patients and performed 40,000 eye surgery till now. Out of this, 67 per cent patients received the treatment free of cost, he disclosed.
The hospital at present has a team of eight surgeons headed by Dr. M.S. Usha.
