I would like to tell you about the History of Eye Bank in India as well as Eye Bank Association of India, as you want.

Here I am telling you about it, as you want.

EBAI Milestones
2011
Amendments to THOA passed in Parliament

2011
NABH – EBAI Eye Banking Accreditation program MOU signed

2009
First National CME on Eye Banking

2009
Amendments to Eye Banking Medical Standards

2003
Multi state HCRP Project initiated

2002
All India Eye Donation information number 1919

2000
Seminar on HCRP in seven states

1999
Eye Banking Medical standards in association with Ministry of Health & Family welfare

1999
Awareness film featuring Smt.Jaya Bachan & Shri Amitabh Bachan

1996
Awareness film featuring Ms.Aishwarya Rai

1991
Hospital Cornea Retrieval Program initiated

1989
EBAI formed



Eye banks retrieve and store eyes for cornea transplants and research.

The first eye bank was founded in 1944.

Currently, in the United States, eye banks provide tissue for about 46,000 cornea transplants each year to treat conditions such as keratoconus and corneal scarring.

In some cases, the white of the eye is used to surgically repair recipient eyes.

Unlike other organs and tissues, there is an adequate supply of corneas for transplants in the United States, and excess tissue is exported internationally, however, there is a shortage of corneal tissue internationally.


List of Eye Banks in the United States
Eye Bank Association of America
Connecticut Eye Bank and Research Center - Tissue Bank International
Doheny Eye and Tissue Transplant Bank - Tissue Banks International
Florida Lions Eye Bank
Georgia Eye Bank
New Mexico Lions Eye Bank - Tissue Banks International
Northern California Transplant Bank - Tissue Banks International
Northeast Pennsylvania Lions Eye Bank
Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Bank
San Antonio Eye Bank - Tissue Banks International
SightLife
South Dakota Lions Eye & Tissue Bank
The National Eye Bank Center - Tissue Banks International
Miracles In Sight
Utah Lions Eye Bank
Vision Share
Heartland Lions Eye Banks
International Sight Restoration
Iowa Lions Eye Bank
Lion's Medical Eye Bank of Eastern Virginia
Lions Eye Bank of West Central Ohio
Lions Eye Bank of Nebraska
Lions Eye Bank of North Dakota - Tissue Banks International
Lions VisionGift of Oregon
Lions Eye Bank of Delaware Valley
Medical Eye Bank of Maryland and Washington Eye Bank - Tissue Banks International
Medical Eye Bank of Florida - Tissue Banks International
Midwest Eye Banks (Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey & Ohio)
Minnesota Lions Eye Bank
New England Eye and Tissue Transplant Bank - Tissue Banks International