1) Submit an oral application to the eye bank → The staff of the eye bank communicate with the applicant for confirmation.

2) It's really my wish → my family knows and agrees → the applicant signs the donation volunteer → officially becomes a volunteer and donates it to the eye bank → when the volunteer is in danger, I or my family contact the eye bank → the staff of the eye bank go to the scene to copy the death certificate and related medical materials → get the cornea → deal with the aftermath (issue honorary certificates, etc. Address: No.68, South Yuhai Road, Changshu City, Jiangsu Province, Mingshan Eye Bank of Suzhou Red Cross Society, Department of Ophthalmology, Changshu Second People's Hospital.

Donation hotline; 05 12-5279 1800

Postal code: 2 15500

Frequently asked questions: Who can donate? Almost everyone can donate eyeballs or corneas, even the elderly over 80 years old, people with poor eyesight, people who wear glasses, and people who have suffered from eye diseases or had eye surgery before can donate corneas because their corneas are not affected. Even if it cannot be used for clinical treatment after examination, its eyeball tissue is suitable for medical education and scientific research.

How to donate? First, the donor needs to communicate with his family, then contact the eye bank staff to get the donation form and card, fill it out completely and send it to the local Red Cross, that is, complete the donation registration. (Please note: the eyeball or cornea must be donated within 12 hours after death. )

Is there a charge for donations?

No need. The eye bank staff will collect the information in person. The law prohibits the sale of any organ or tissue, and the cost of medical activities is only the cost of material handling, preservation and transportation.

Can the donor's family know about the transplant patients? No, because there are many patients registered for transplantation, the donor's family can't specify the recipient.

Can the recipient know the donor? I can't. The personal information of the donor will be kept confidential, and the gratitude of the recipient will be conveyed by the eye bank staff.

What kind of scientific research can be done by donating eyeballs? Donated eyeballs can be used for scientific research on corneal diseases, glaucoma, cataracts, retinal diseases, plastic surgery and so on.

How long do transplant recipients have to wait? How long can cornea be preserved?

The waiting time of transplant recipients depends on the number of donated corneas. The best way to preserve the cornea is to preserve it in the medium-term corneal preservation solution, which can generally preserve the quality of corneal slices within two weeks.

What is the demand for cornea?

Although there are more than 50,000 cases of corneal transplantation in the world every year, the demand can never be met, and the clinical application of artificial cornea still has a long way to go. At present, there are more than 2 million people with corneal blindness in China, but less than 5,000 people receive corneal transplantation every year. A large number of patients with corneal blindness can't get corneal vision, and the domestic eye bank is in urgent need of support from all walks of life.

What is the current situation of corneal transplantation and donation in China?

In China, the supply of cornea is in short supply, and there are many patients (about 2 million) who need corneal transplantation, but the donors are insufficient. There are less than 5,000 patients who can receive corneal transplantation every year in China, which is far from meeting the requirements.

What is the biggest problem of corneal donation?

At present, it is mainly a question of social ethics. Most people think that their cornea is a part of the body, and they can't leave the body even after death, which destroys the integrity of the body. At the same time, for their loved ones, of course, they are not willing to bear the crime of selling their loved ones' eyes. This shows that the publicity is not popular enough and the necessary legislation is lacking. As for the eye bank system, it is not the main problem. What is more important is to have in-depth publicity and get rid of old ideas.

There is a gap between the number of corneas donated by the eye bank and the number of operations. How did this gap come about?

This problem is the same as the previous problem, that is, people are unwilling to donate corneas, and of course, there are not enough eye banks to transplant patients who need corneal transplants.

Some cities in China have formulated special local laws and regulations on donation of remains, including corneal donation. How effective are these laws?

Legislation on body donation and organ transplantation is actually not a problem to be solved by local legislation, but by national legislation. Local legislation can only solve the normative problems of a place, but to fundamentally solve the problems, it must be comprehensively regulated by national legislation. At this point, Shenzhen and others have done a good exploration and can learn from their practices.

The Importance of Corneal Donation Legislation? What's the point? For legislation, of course, it is not necessary to stipulate laws and regulations on corneal donation, but to stipulate unified regulations on human tissues and organs and corpse donation. In this way, all problems can be solved at once. Its significance lies in comprehensively unifying the donation behavior of human organs, tissues and corpses, and the rational use of donated organs, tissues and corpses, stopping illegal transactions and protecting people's legitimate rights.

How are the relevant foreign laws stipulated?

In order to ensure and promote the orderly development of human organ transplantation and tissue utilization, countries around the world generally attach importance to the legislation of human organ transplantation and use legal means to ensure the extensive development of organ transplantation. In 1958, Japan formulated the corneal transplantation method, and in 1979, it was revised as the corneal kidney transplantation method. 1967, Denmark promulgated the method of human tissue extraction. The United States promulgated the Uniform Corpse Provision Act in 1968; Norway promulgated the organ transplant bill in 1973; France promulgated the organ extraction law in 1976; Singapore passed the human organ transplant bill on 1987. The contents of these organ transplant laws involve the legislation of cadaveric organ donation, the legislation of donor's death standard and the legislation of living organ transplantation, which fully protects the legitimate rights and interests of donors and recipients.

How to solve the legal effect of voluntary donation (for example, the elderly voluntarily donated corneas before their death, but their families were unwilling to donate)? Voluntary donation is the true expression of the right holder and has the highest decision. If I voluntarily donate my body, organs and tissues, no one else can interfere. When a dispute arises, when the court makes a ruling, it shall be handled according to the validity of the will.

Do other organ transplants have these problems besides cornea? It's the same, like a kidney transplant. For example, heart, kidney, lung, blood, bone marrow, etc. , are single things, all occupy a certain space, tangible things that people can feel and perceive are all physical things. At the same time, they are also useful and scarce, and tissues and organs separated from living bodies and corpses are very scarce. According to statistics, there are more than 1.5 million registered patients waiting for organ transplantation in the world, and the demand is increasing at an annual rate of 1.2%, with an average of 1.7 people dying every day while waiting for transplantation. At least 50,000 patients in China need heart transplants, but so far only 82 cases have been performed. In China, about 6.5438+0.4 million patients die of chronic renal failure every year, and most of them are young adults. There are hundreds of thousands of people waiting for kidney transplants, and the total number of kidney transplants completed so far is 62,000. China is a country with liver diseases. There are 30 million patients with chronic hepatitis B alone, of which 20% may develop cirrhosis and 1%-5% may develop liver cancer. There are at least 6.3 million patients with this advanced liver disease, but by the end of 2000, there were only 484 cases of liver transplantation.

If I have cancer, can I become a corneal donor? Of course. Most cancers do not affect corneal transplantation.

Will donating corneas, eyeballs, organs or other tissues be opposed by religion? No. Donation is to save lives or restore someone's sight. Because of this, donating human tissues such as eyeball or corneal tissue is considered to be in line with religious beliefs and major religious views.

What are the needs of cornea? The demand for corneal tissue has never been met. So far, the use of artificial tissue in transplantation has not been successful.

How to get the donor's eyeball or cornea?

Eyeballs are donated by individuals, and donations begin to work when individuals die. Corneal donation registered in the eye bank or Red Cross before death shall be notified to the eye bank or Red Cross by family members or people who saw the donation certificate after death to take the cornea.

Will donating eyeballs or corneas cost the donor's family a lot of money?

Donating eyeballs, organs or other tissues will not cost the donor family a penny, and the donor family will not get any reward. Buying and selling human eyeballs, organs or other human tissues is illegal all over the world.

Will donating eyeballs or corneas affect the donor's appearance?

No, eye hospitals have multiple protection measures to prevent the appearance of donors from being damaged. No one will see what happened to the donor. Family members can arrange funerals as scheduled and even hold ceremonies if they want.

Will donating eyeballs or corneas affect funeral arrangements?

No. The acquisition of eyeball tissue was completed within a few hours after the death of the donor, and the family members could arrange the funeral normally.

Will the recipient be told who donated the cornea or will the donor's family be told the identity of the recipient?

No, the "Bright Gift" is anonymous, and the recipient will not get the details of the donor or the donor's family, and vice versa. In the eye bank or eye bank, the family information of the recipient or donor is unknown.

Is it an eyeball transplant?

No, only the cornea can be transplanted. The white part of the eye is the sclera. It can be preserved and used in some surgical operations, especially for treating eye burns, injured eyeballs or filling artificial eyeballs to prevent abrasions and eye discomfort. Used as a "bandage", the preserved sclera is not fresh tissue. Researchers can use other parts of the eye to cause eye diseases. Medical methods and how to prevent and treat ophthalmic diseases and problems.

How long after donation, must the cornea be transplanted into a new individual?

Corneal transplantation is usually performed within 3-7 days after corneal donation. Surgery depends on the way the cornea is preserved and used, the results of serum tests and the appropriate recipients.

What happens when the cornea is not suitable for transplantation?

All donors and eyeballs should be carefully examined. If the cornea is considered unsuitable for transplantation, it will be used for scientific research and education.

How will donating eyeballs have a positive impact on scientific research and education?

In addition to surgery, the cornea will also be used for scientific research and education, as well as research on glaucoma, retinal diseases, complicated eye diseases caused by diabetes and other visual diseases, which will benefit greatly from donated eyeballs, because many eye problems cannot be simulated. These studies have promoted the research process of the causes and effects of eye diseases in special eyeball environment, thus creating updated nursing and treatment methods.