Ruksana Khatoon cornea grafting in both eyes
Normally when a cornea grafting fails, there is little hope of restoring sight even with another transplant. Ruksana Khatoon, aged 45, came from another hospital with failed cornea grafting in both eyes. She was blind and poor. Her neighbours brought her to our hospital and appealed to us to restore her sight. Although we warned her that chances of rejection were great, she begged us to try another transplant. A graft on her right eye partially restored her sight. After two months when she came for a check up, she was looking beautiful. She could see people about ten feet away. She shed tears as she said she was very happy and she could now see her children.
Organizer
Jharkhand Eye Bank Hospital and Research Centre is run by Bihar Eye Bank Trust, a registered charitable trust (No. 17174 of 1974 under the Indian Trust Act), founded by Late N. Bakshi I.C.S. The Trust is headed by H.E. the Governor of Jharkhand and includes other state dignitaries.
The Bihar Eye Bank Trust is a permanent member of Eye Bank Association of India and is registered under the District Blindness Control Society, Ranchi.
The Hospital is housed in a three-storied building standing on 0.7 acres of land in Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand. It is easily reached road, rail and air.
