Seven-year-old donates cornea, thousands touchedVietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Hai An, 7, of Hanoi’s Nam Tu Liem District, took her last breath on February 22. Pham Thi Viet Huong, deputy head of the hospital’s Pediatrics Department, who directly treated An, said that when An was hospitalised last year, she was already in bad condition. An’s cornea later was preserved in the Bank of Eyes under the Ha Noi-based National Hospital of Ophthalmology before being transplanted for people in need. They felt deeply touched because An’s parents overcame the normal prejudice that people’s bodies should be complete when they die in order to donate An’s cornea, Hoang said. An’s cornea was very precious: a survey by the hospital showed up to 300,000 people need a cornea transplant, but only 100-150 people receive a cornea each year due to a national shortage.

Source: VietNamNet News February 27, 2018 09:22 UTC