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More than 400 people attended the camp and got themselves checked by specialist doctors

80 people pledged to donate their eyes at a free eye Camp organised at a village in Rajokri today.

More than 400 people attended the camp and got themselves checked by specialist doctors and were provided free medicines for their eye ailments, while those detected with cataract were registered for free corrective operations to be conducted subsequently.

The camp was organised by Mahindru Foundation and Niramaya Charitable Trust.

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80 people pledged to donate their eyes at a free eye Camp organised at a village in Rajokri by Ashok Mahindru CMD Advance Group

80 people pledged to donate their eyes at a free eye Camp organised at a village in Rajokri today.

More than 400 people attended the camp and got themselves checked by specialist doctors and were provided free medicines for their eye ailments, while those detected with cataract were registered for free corrective operations to be conducted subsequently.

The camp was organised by Mahindru Foundation and Niramaya Charitable Trust.

"To donate eyes is the most noble gesture a human being can do for a fellow human being. This is the message we try and convey at such camps because people tend to be ignorant about eye care until andunless faced with a major ailment," said Ashok Mahindru, son of Yashpal Mahindru, who founded the YP Mahindru Niramaya Eye Bank many years ago.

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The Niramaya Charitable Trust, which has been running Y.P. Mahindru Niramaya Eye Bank since 2007, has now taken up the matter with the district police administration

Despite a high accident-related death rate in the Millennium City, instances of cornea retrieval from accident victims remains minimal.

The Niramaya Charitable Trust, which has been running Y.P. Mahindru Niramaya Eye Bank since 2007, has now taken up the matter with the district police administration seeking their cooperation in retrieving corneas from accidents victims with the consent of their relatives.

“On an average, one person is killed in road accident in Gurgaon every day and most of them are young. Still the cornea retrieval rate is dismal and the reason is lack of awareness among the stakeholders. The cornea needs to be harvested within 6-7 hours of death, but most of the corneas are wasted due to delay in post-mortem. The delay is mostly in cases where the death occurs late in the evening or at night. So we took up the matter with Police Commissioner Alok Mittal to allow us to harvest the cornea even before the post-mortem,” said Y. P. Mahindru Niramaya Eye Bank medical director Hitendra Ahooja.

This practice already exists in States like Andhra Pradesh and Maharasthra, said Dr. Ahooja, adding that it could be replicated in Gurgaon as well. “Eyes are preserved only in cases where the deceased has an eye-related injury, which is not the case most of the times. If the civil hospital doctor conducting the post-mortem allows the retrieval and the police give its consent, it can be done. There are no legal hurdles and even the Organ Transplant Act permits it.”

Dr. Ahooja said the police can play another important role of talking to the deceased’s kin on whether they are interested in eye-donation and pass on the information to the hospital, Dr. Ahooja said: “Most of the people are interested. Also we have infrastructure in Gurgaon to preserve the cornea and transplant it. A little awareness is all that is required. At the national level too, the picture is dismal with just 30,000-odd transplants compared to two million patients.”

Police Commissioner Alok Mittal has demanded that the trust give its request in writing and also attach papers showing that the practice is already in vogue in other States of India.

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In a unique initiative, Gurgaon Police and Y P Mahindru Niramaya Eye Bank officials are working on a proposal to retrieve corneas from unclaimed bodies and victims of road accidents with the consent of the relatives.

Currently, only Delhi and Maharashtra have the provision of collecting corneas from accidental victims.

"Gurgaon Police and Eye Bank officials will work in tandem to help the campaign of blindness eradication from society," said Mahindru Foundation Managing Trustee, Ashok Mahindru.


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Gurgaon Police and Y P Mahindru Niramaya Eye Bank are working on a proposal to retrieve corneas from unclaimed bodies and victims of road accidents with the consent of the relatives.

In a unique initiative, Gurgaon Police and Y P Mahindru Niramaya Eye Bank are working on a proposal to retrieve corneas from unclaimed bodies and victims of road accidents with the consent of the relatives. Currently, only Delhi and Maharashtra allow collecting corneas from accident victims.  http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Gurgaon/Corneas-of-unclaimed-bodies-may-be-donated/articleshow/33928157.cms 

Free Eye Camp was organized by Y.P.Mahindru Niramya Eye Bank

The Free Eye Camp was organized by Y.P.Mahindru Niramya Eye Bank and Gurgaon Industrial
Association

It was also covered by reputed English Daily Hindustan Times. Noble initiative of
people pledging their eyes were picked up by the newspaper.

Ashok mahindru CMD Advance group companies taking a reward

Mr.Ashok mahindru Representing Advance group companies

Mr.Ashok mahindru

Mr.Ashok Mahindru CMD Advance group companies representing the company and delivering a speech .

Mahindru Foundation Chairman "Mr.Ashok Mahindru"

Mahindru Foundation Chairman Ashok Mahindru spreading the message of Eye Donations at Colour For Vision event held in Gurgaon today

Ashok Mahindru CMD Advance group companies and chairman Mahindru Foundation

More than 500 students turned up for a painting competition organized by Y.P.Mahindru Niramaya Eye Bank in Gurgaon

More than 500 students turned up for a painting competition organized by Y.P.Mahindru Niramaya Eye Bank in Gurgaon

Few Paintings by students who participated in Colour For Vision event organized by Y.P.Mahindru Niramaya Eye Bank

Few Paintings by students who participated in Colour For Vision event organized by Y.P.Mahindru Niramaya Eye Bank.

Mahindru Foundation Chairman "Mr.Ashok Mahindru"

Mahindru Foundation Chairman Mr Ashok Mahindru alongwith Niramaya President Dr TN Ahooja at Colour For Vision event.

Ashok Mahindru C.M.D Mahindru Foundation

Chairman of Mahindru Foundation Mr Ashok Mahindru encouraging students to support the cause of eye donations to help a blind man experience the Colour of Life.

Ashok Mahindru - Vedic kanya School

Ashok mahindru-Vedik kanya

Mr.Ashok Mahindru Said 50 eye banks to be opened all over India.

An eye bank run by a charitable trust today said it is planning to open 50 facilities across the country and provide free treatment for corneal blindness to people from economically weaker sections.

"We plan to open 50 eye banks all over India to ensure that corneal blindness is completely wiped out from India," Ashok Mahindru, who heads Y P Mahindru Eye Bank, said at a camp here.

The eye bank along with NGO Nirmaya Charitable Trust organised a free check-up-cum-treatment camp which also doubled up as a platform to donate eyes.

"We have been actively providing free eye care since 1960. And we set up Y P Mahindru Eye Bank a little more than four years ago. Since its inception, the bank has seen 1,150 eye donations which have rebuilt lives of several people suffering from corneal blindness," Mahindru said.

"At the camps that we organise, everything from check up to treatment is free for the beneficiary because our Trust bears the cost of the treatment. Since our roots lie in villages, there can be nothing better than taking these initiatives to villages," he said.

India has 3.5 million people with corneal blindness, but a meagre 40,000 people donate their eyes annually.

"It is important that people realise the importance of donating eyes. I believe that while alive one should donate blood and after death give away the eyes because that person can continue to see the world through the one he donates his/her eyes to," Dr T N Ahuja from the Nirmaya Charitable Trust said.

Mahindru said, "people in India are not quite open to the idea of organ donation but it is the most beautiful gift you can give to the world. By donating eyes, one can make two lives beautiful, this is the message we try to convey through our work."

"In places where maximum temperatures go beyond 45 deg C during summers, cataract can set in as early as 50 years, so our target is such places," he added. (PTI)

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 An eye bank run by a charitable trust today said it is planning to open 50 facilities across the country and provide free treatment for corneal blindness to people from economically weaker sections.

"We plan to open 50 eye banks all over India to ensure that corneal blindness is completely wiped out from India," Ashok Mahindru, who heads Y P Mahindru Eye Bank, said at a camp her.


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Y.P.Mahindru Niramaya Eye Bank organized a Free Eye Camp

Y.P.Mahindru Niramaya Eye Bank organized a Free Eye Camp on 3rd July, 2013 for residents of Rajokri. Huge response from people with more than 600 people turning to get their eyes tested.

Ashok mahindru eye camp

 A young girl gets her eyes tested at a Free Eye Camp organized by Y.P.Mahindru Eye Bank.

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