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Virtual Celebration of Eye Donation Fortnight (EDF)

Name: Virtual Celebration of Eye Donation Fortnight (EDF)
Start: 2020-09-09T15:00:00+00:00
End: 2020-09-09T16:30:00+00:00

September 9, 2020 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm

The National Eye Donation Fortnight is observed every year from 25th August to 8th September. It is a campaign that aims to create mass public awareness about the importance of eye donation and to motivate all the people to pledge their eyes for donation after death, so that many blind people can get a gift of sight.

School of Public Health PGIMER, Chandigarh plans a Virtual Celebration of Eye Donation Fortnight (EDF) 2020 on 9^th September at 3.00 PM by honouring good performing Corneal Surgeons in Punjab and UT Chandigarh, in collaboration with NPCBVI Punjab & UT Chandigarh,Rotary Eye Bank and Hospital Hoshiarpur and Strategic Instt. for Public Health Education and Research (SIPHER)