Our Services
Cornea Harvesting
At Sankara Cornea harvesting is carried out round the clock. A team is always on stand-by which includes a dedicated vehicle, a sterile kit, a Doctor and a Paramedical Assistant. A standard protocol has been drawn up detailing the actions to be taken when an eye call is received and actions to be taken upon return to the Hospital.
The Eye Bank team informs the availability of the Cornea to the Surgeon and the Counselling department who will schedule the surgery after contacting the patients on the waiting list for Corneas.
Eye Bank Beneficiary Summary
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Sankara Eye Hospital, Pammal, Chennai |
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No. of Beneficiaries |
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Month & Year |
Cornea Collected |
Corneal Utilized |
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in Our Eye Bank |
In Other Eye Banks |
Total |
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Sep '08 to Mar '09 |
28 |
8 |
2 |
10 |
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2009 to 2010 |
82 |
22 |
8 |
30 |
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2010 to 2011 |
96 |
42 |
27 |
69 |
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2011 to 2012 |
82 |
28 |
26 |
54 |
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2012 to 2013 |
138 |
40 |
24 |
64 |
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2013 to 2014 |
188 |
46 |
24 |
70 |
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2014 to 2015 |
144 |
23 |
17 |
40 |
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2015 to 2016 |
118 |
44 |
2 |
46 |
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2016 to 2017 |
114 |
55 |
2 |
57 |
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2017 to 2018 |
122 |
33 |
5 |
38 |
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2018 to 2019 |
114 |
20 |
2 |
22 |
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2019 to 2020 |
130 |
22 |
4 |
26 |
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2020 to 2021 |
8 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
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2021 to 2022 |
48 |
6 |
0 |
6 |
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2022 to 2023 |
52 |
13 |
0 |
13 |
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Total |
1464 |
404 |
143 |
547 |