Hospital Cornea Retrieval Program

The HCRP aims at eye donation and collection of corneas in cases of deaths occurring at the Hospital. The campaigners, called the grief counselors in this case, approach the relatives/successors of the deceased persons. They endeavor to motivate the relatives to donate the eyes of the deceased

In hospitals a significant number of deaths occur at the intensive care units and other wards of hospitals. The hospital deaths become definite and concentrated sources of eyes for the eye banks. The family of deceased can be requested for eye donation by a social worker called a grief counselor, when a death occurs. We have 3 grief counselors in GOVERNMENT KING GEORGE HOSPITAL (1100 beds) in VISAKHAPATNAM and we are covering the CARE, SEVEN HILLS, APOLLO, QUEEN NRI and APOORVA HOSPITALS.

The mutual cooperation is called a MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) between the hospital and an eye bank for HCRP. HCRP helps families to make a right decision and gives us opportunity to dispel various myths and misconceptions. HCRP helps in sourcing younger donor tissues with good medical history.

The Eye Bank has been providing a 24 hour availability to accept eye donation and will respond to referrals in timely fashion, members of the retrieval team were highly trained and credentials will be available to the donor hospital upon the request.