Eye donation awareness programme organised at Ernakulam MCH

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The Government Medical College Hospital (MCH), Ernakulam, and the Kerala State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (K-SOTTO) jointly organised an eye donation awareness programme at the hospital on Thursday (November 12, 2026).

The event was held ahead of the hospital’s application for a licence to perform corneal transplantation, according to a communication.

A special internal counselling team was formed as part of the programme to streamline eye donation and corneal transplantation activities at the hospital. The team will be responsible for communicating with the relatives of deceased patients and explaining the importance of eye donation. Its members will also receive specialised training in the technical and legal aspects of corneal donation and transplantation.

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