National Eye Donation fortnight begins on 25th August 2018 and continues till 8th September 2018. There are over 1.5 million people in India who suffer from corneal blindness out of which 80% cases related to blindness are preventable. Corneal blindness is one of the most important causes of blindness in India and this can be treated by corneal transplantation. However in India we lack eye donors and our eye banks are unable to meet the demands anyway. Here Dr. Harshvardhan Ghorpade Cornea Cataract and Refractive Surgeon at Department of Visual Sciences Hiranandani Hospital Vashi- A Fortis Network Hospital tells us