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visual impairments physical emotional social economical consequences crucial element influencing ones quality life total 1285 million people estimated visually impaired worldwide 39 million categorised blind figures startling given 80 percent known vision impairments either treatable preventable corneal transplants appear best hope resolving problem however global shortage available donors continues dampen efforts addressing issue twoyear crosssectional study employed convenience sampling technique standardised questionnaire survey 150 paramedical allied health science students tertiary care teaching hospital assessed awareness knowledge willingness barriers regarding eye donation study revealed 933 awareness rate donation procedure 46 attributed awareness media sources however aspects assessed much lower awareness rates eyes donated 533 optimal time period retrieval tissueorgan 54 ideal part transplanted 54 age limit restricting donation 67 donation donors using spectacles 48 confidentiality donor recipient 54 hospital facility eye bank 63 49 percent respondents willing pledge eye donors majority unwilling respondents reported familial opposition reason hesitation knowledge levels appear expectations effort required ensure knowledge imparted healthcare practitioners transfer knowledge population resulting increase donation rates