Hong Kong Eye Hospital sets sights on boosting cornea transplants
26-Sep-16, South China Morning Post
The Hong Kong Eye Hospital will hire four additional staff members for its eye cornea donation team in the hopes of boosting transplant cases by 25 per cent, a top hospital official said.
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The public hospital, which runs the city’s only eye bank, currently has a 15-member team responsible for coordinating cornea donations for some 400 eye patients. Of the four new positions, two are for eye coordinators and two for eye technicians.
The hospital’s deputy chief Dr Lam Nai-man said the hospital hoped to boost its total number of cornea transplantations by 25 per cent. He noted that when the team asked relatives to consider making a donation, around 30 per cent agreed to do so.