Thursday, March 7, 2013

Tilganga's cornea donation campaign bears fruit

PRATIBHA RAWAL KATHMANDU, March 7: Two weeks ago, Yugeen Thapa, 18, died of cardiac arrest soon after he was admitted to Bir Hospital. While still grieving the untimely death of his son, Rajendra Thapa, Yugeen´s father, contacted Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology (TIO), which runs Nepal´s only eye bank, and asked them to collect the corneas of his dead son. Thapa, who lives in Gatthaghar...