Think it over!

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You talk of wondrous things you see,

You say the sun shines bright;

I feel him warm, but how can he

Or make it day or night?

-C. Cibber

Do you know that our eyes can live even after our death? By donating our eyes after we die, can light the life of a blind person.

About 35 million people in the developing world are blind and most of them can be cured. About 4.5 million people with corneal blindness can be cured through corneal transplantation of donated eyes. Out of these 4.5 million, 60% are children below the age of 12. So, if we have got the gift of vision, why not pass it on to somebody who does not have it? What do we have to keep in mind when eyes have to be donated?

•   Eye donors can belong to any age group or sex. People who use spectacles, or those operated for cataract, can still donate the eyes. People who are diabetic, have hypertension, asthma patients and those without communicable diseases can also donate eyes.
• Eyes must be removed within 4-6 hours after death. Inform the nearest eye bank immediately.
• The eye bank team will remove the eyes at the home of the deceased or at a hospital.
• Eye removal takes only 10-1 minutes. It is a simple process and does not lead to any disfigurement.
• Persons who were infected with or died because of AIDS, Hepatitis B or C, rabies, acute leukaemia, tetanus, cholera, meningitis or encephalitis cannot donate eyes.

An eye bank collects, evaluates and distributes the donated yes. All eyes donated are evaluated using strict medical standards. Those donated eyes found unsuitable for transplantation are used for valuable research and medical education. The identities of both the donor and the recipients remain confidential.
One pair of eyes gives vision to TWO CORNEAL BLIND PEOPLE! Just think it over..

Article source: Science NCERT textbook for class X (Page No. 191)