Chandigarh, Aug. 26 -- The Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), in 2024, registered 444 eye donations and successfully performed 348 corneal transplants, recording a utilisation rate of 78%, the doctors said on Monday during a press conference at the Advanced Eye Centre where the 40th National Eye Donation Fortnight was launched.

On the occasion, head of the eye centre Dr Surinder S Pandav was present, along with other doctors from the ophthalmology department including Dr Amit Gupta, Dr Chintan Malhotra and Dr Parul Chawla Gupta.

Doctors shared that advanced procedures included 23 DSAEK (Descemet Stripping Endothelial Keratoplasty), 4 DMEK (Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty) and 5 DALK (Deep Anter...