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60 Years of Service of the Sri Lanka Eye Donation Society

The late Desabandhu Dr. Hudson Silva, Founder of the Sri Lanka Eye Donation Society (SLEDS) during the time of pursuing his studies at the Medical Faculty of the Colombo University as a medical student in 1957 has pioneered research work on saving the patients from blindness. In consequence of it, the Eye Donation Service got underway officially in a very small scale on the 11th of June 1961. Eyes at this juncture were collected only from the persons who died without any custodians in hospitals and homes for the elders and executed prisoners.

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50,000

Number of corneas donated locally

80,000

Number of corneas donated internationally

40,000

Number of corneas donated for research purposes

Donation Of Eyes & Tissues

Is Dwarfed Only By Donation Of Life.
Lord Buddha has donated eyes & tissues countless times to achieve Buddhahood in his early lives. You also can consent to donate your eyes and tissues to save another life after your death.

You can get registered to donate eyes and tissues while you are alive. Please send an envelope with your name & address to Sri Lanka Eye Donation Society, Vidya Mawatha, Colombo 07 to get a consent form or you can simply click the below link and get registered online. You will be redirected to our online registration web portal.

You need a valid email address to get registered using this online registration web portal. Once you have opened the online registration form by clicking “New Donor”, fill all the information and click “Submit”. (Do not use “Sinhala Letters” as our online registration web portal does not support Unicode yet) You will receive a pdf format certificate if the registration is successful.


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General hotline

011 2698040/41
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Skull Flap Management

Autologous Skull Bone Flap Management Project

In the year 2015 Sri Lanka human Tissue Bank started this project to serve the patients who suffer from Traumatic Brain Injury & another kind of brain defects. Earlier in most cases, the bone flap will be disposed and use titanium mesh for the Cranioplasty. Sri Lanka Human Tissue Bank launched this project to patients in all island Teaching, General Hospitals & Private Hospitals in Sri Lanka we have continue this services. Up to June 2021 Tissue Bank preserved and stored 3000 flaps received from various Hospital Island wide.

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Our Location

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Dr. Hudson Silva Eye Donation Headquarters
120/12, Vidya Mawatha, Colombo 07,
Sri Lanka.

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Dr. Hudson Silva Eye Donation Headquarters
120/12, Vidya Mawatha, Colombo 07,
Sri Lanka.
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Frequently
Asked Questions

It should be informed to the Sri Lanka Eye Donation Society’s head office over the telephone 001-2692051, 2698040/41/43 no matter if the person was from any part of the country. The Sri Lanka Eye Donation Society is initiating action to inform the relevant technician of that area and direct him/her to the location.

Donation of eyes should be within 04 hours of death and for tissue within 12 hours.

There are several branches available all over the Island, attached with specially trained technicians and we are in a position to obtain eyes & tissues from any part of the country. However to obtain tissues the society is sending technicians from the head office.

No, it’s not necessary the dead person has signed or not a consent form, relations or guardians have the right to donate eyes & tissues of a dead person.

Since the Sri Lanka Eye Donation Society is open for 24 x 7 days throughout the year, eyes & tissues can be donated at any time.

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