Ranchi, Sept. 7 -- Jharkhand Finance Minister and senior Congress leader Radhakrishna Kishore today pledged to donate his eyes, making an emotional appeal to his family members not to obstruct the process when the time comes.
"I have pledged my eyes. When I am no more, and a medical team comes to take my cornea, please do not stop them," he said, addressing his kin from the stage at St Xavier's College auditorium here.
Highlighting the acute shortage of corneas in India, medical experts at the event said that while nearly one crore people die every year, only around 50,000 pledge their eyes. Against the requirement of 2.5 crore corneas nationwide, merely 50,000 become available annually, leaving millions in darkness.
Kishore, who attende...