New Delhi: Tourism minister K.J. Alphons on Tuesday called on the government to consider bringing in a legislation to make eye donation mandatory after death.
He said that there was a need to look at the Sri Lankan law that made it necessary for eyes to be donated after death as this could help India in improving the paltry eye donation figure of just 25,000. “There is definitely a need to bringing in a law making eye donations mandatory after proper consultations with all stakeholders,” Alphons said.
“Though about 85 lakh people die in our country, only about 25,000 people come forward to donate eyes. We need to improve consciousness regarding eye donation and pledge eyes after our death,” he said. The minister said that he would speak to the ministry of health on this issue.
