Gift of Sight = First ‘Eye Bank’ starts up in HCMC

Last activity 31 August 2012 by Phi Long

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JaitchGuest30 August 2012 12:51:41

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The Ho Chi Minh City Sponsoring Association for Poor Patients held the official opening of the first Eye Bank in South VietNam on 2012 July 20, aimed to set up an official base for cornea donations to help up to 300,000 blind people in the country.

The Eye Bank will be located at 1147 Tran Hung Dao Street in District 5, TP Ho Chi Minh and will be managed by TRAN Thi Trung Chien, former Minister of Health.

The HCM Sponsoring Association for Poor Patients is a non-profit organisation, and the centre is equipped with state-of-the-art equipment such as completely sterilized labs, assessing machines, cornea separating tools, and suitable preservation chemicals.

However, its main purpose will be to accept, assess, preserve, and subsequently distribute donated corneas to any hospital in Vietnam for cure of blind patients.

According to Dr. TRAN Thanh Long, director of the HCMC Sponsoring Association for Poor Patients, the Eye Bank is part of the program Curing Blindness in Poor Patients.

Until now, 1,000 people have registered for cornea donation after their death.

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WorzelGummidgeActive member31 August 2012 01:40:36

Great notion.

I would bet many readers hereabouts don't pay the income tax to Vietnam.

This is a good way to give back to the country.

Blood, too!

AurélieViP31 August 2012 06:58:22

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Hello Jaitch.

I think you should post an advert in the Activities section (Clubs, associations, volunteers) in the Ho Chi Minh classifieds.

Thank you,
Aurélie

Phi LongSerial expat31 August 2012 12:32:23

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I prefer to keep my eyes when the zombie apocalypse starts.

You can have my kidneys and brain since I'll just be eating brains.

Besides, I'm blind as a bat without my glasses.

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