Gift of Sight = First 鈥楨ye Bank鈥� starts up in HCMC

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13 years ago

The Ho Chi Minh City Sponsoring Association for Poor Patients held the official opening of the first 聭Eye Bank聮 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 聭Curing Blindness in Poor Patients聮.

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

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WorzelGummidge Active member

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13 years ago

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!

础耻谤茅濒颈别 ViP

22735POSTS

13 years ago

Hello Jaitch.

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

Thank you,
础耻谤茅濒颈别

Phi Long Serial expat

339POSTS

13 years ago

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.