Eyehealth

In the current fiscal year, 217 blind individuals in Ethiopia have received eye transplants, resulting in the restoration of their vision. Habtamu Taye, Deputy Director General of the Ethiopian Blood and Tissue Bank Service, reported that in the past eleven months alone, 217 people underwent eye lens transplant procedures. The donated eye lenses from volunteers were distributed to various medical institutions responsible for performing the transplants. The donations were made after conducting preliminary tests to screen for diseases that could be transmitted through the eyeballs. Additionally, 445 individuals have pledged to donate their eye lenses posthumously, although the number of…