To give a boost to cornea donation in Telangana’s rural districts, State run Sarojini Devi Eye Hospital in Hyderabad charted plans to transport the tissues — placed in ice boxes — in buses of Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC). They would enter into an agreement with the transport juggernaut in a few days.
The corneas would be harvested at Government Medical Colleges, attached to Government Hospitals, in Siddipet, Nizamabad, Adilabad and Warangal, store it in preservative solution, place it in an ice box and hand it to a driver of a bus headed to the city who would inform the Eye Bank at the hospital upon reaching the city. The hospital’s staff would collect it from the driver, said Modini P, Superintendent of the S.D. Eye Hospital. They have received positive responses from TGSRTC.
