Lions Eye Bank is the name of the various eye banks operated by the Lions Save Sight Foundation (LSSF), a not for profit foundation within the Lions Clubs International service organisation. The Banks store and prepare donated corneas for transplantation. Corneas may be stored for up to seven days before being given to the ophthalmic surgeon for transplantation.
There are over 60 Lions Eye Banks around the world, supported as ongoing projects by Lions service clubs.
Read more about Lions Eye Bank: Australia
Famous quotes containing the words lions, eye and/or bank:
“King Richard. Lions make leopards tame.
Mowbray. Yea, but not change his spots.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“In the Japanese
tongue of the
mind’s eye one
two syllable word
tells of
the fringe of rain....”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
“O Gold! I still prefer thee unto paper,
Which makes bank credit like a bark of vapour.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)