Archive · 26 Aug 2026
GIMSR Launches Eye Donation Fortnight Against Corneal Blindness
GIMSR has started a special program about donating eyes after death.
The program is meant to help people who cannot see because of corneal blindness.
It also aims to correct myths about eye donation.
The program began with an online awareness campaign.
Hospital leaders asked communities to take part.
GIMSR said it will soon start organ transplant surgeries through the Jeevandan initiative.
Students will join quizzes, speeches, painting and poster-making competitions.
Doctors believe more voluntary eye donations could help reduce corneal blindness in India.
GIMSR’s ophthalmology department began an eye donation fortnight in Visakhapatnam on Tuesday.
The campaign aims to combat corneal blindness, dispel myths and encourage eye donation pledges.
The initiative opened with a digital awareness campaign attended by senior GIMSR officials.
GIMSR said it will soon begin organ transplant surgeries under the Jeevandan initiative.
The fortnight includes OPD awareness sessions and competitions for medical, undergraduate and optometry students.
- Who
- The Department of Ophthalmology at the GITAM Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, along with its officials, doctors and students.
- What
- An eye donation fortnight featuring awareness activities and student competitions.
- When
- It commenced on Tuesday; the articles do not provide a specific date.
- Where
- The GITAM Institute of Medical Sciences and Research in Visakhapatnam.
- Why
- To combat corneal blindness, dispel public myths and encourage voluntary eye donation pledges.
- Organiser
- Department of Ophthalmology, GITAM Institute of Medical Sciences and Research
- Location
- Visakhapatnam
- Campaign duration
- Eye donation fortnight
- Opening activity
- Digital awareness campaign
- Planned medical service
- Organ transplant surgeries under the Jeevandan initiative
- Public outreach
- Special awareness sessions in the hospital’s OPD
- Student activities
- Elocution, quiz, painting and poster-making competitions