The period from 25th August to 08th September is celebrated as National Eye Donation Fortnight across the country. In the same sequence to create awareness on this subject, a poster competition was organized among the students of BGH Nursing School. On this occasion, the Chief Medical Officer of the hospital, Dr. BB Karunamoy and other senior doctors were present who highlighted the awareness and importance of eye donation.
Dr. Sophia Ahmed, Head, Department of Ophthalmology, BGH, while highlighting various aspects of eye donation and the need for awareness about it, said that eye donation is always done after death and it is done irrespective of age, gender, blood group etc. Any person can do it. It was told that through eye donation we can enable someone else to see the whole world through our eyes.
It is noteworthy that the eye department of Bokaro General Hospital also has the facility of eye bank. In such a situation, those who want to pledge to donate eyes can register their names in the donation register kept in the paging room near the casualty of Bokaro General Hospital.