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Prova Eye Bank is a unit of the B. C. Memorial Eye Foundation, located in Disha's Barrackpore Branch.

                                        Please note that there is no age limit to donate your eyes! 

                               PHONE NOS.: 98303- 23021, 98303- 23014, 98316- 99306, 98301- 20174,

                                                     98364- 09824, 98301- 20171, 98744- 92948.

                                                   OUR SERVICE IS AVAILABLE: 24 X 7 X 365

                                        Collection Time Period:    Up to 6 (Six) Hours from death.

Medical Director- Dr. Samar K. Basak

Back up Medical Director- Dr. Ayan Mohanto

Executive Director- Dr. Bani Biswas

Date of Starting:     1^st May, 1997.

Area Covered: North 24-Parganas, Kolkata, Howrah, Hooghly and part of South 24-Parganas & Nadia (within 50km radius)

Hospital Cornea Retrieval Programme (H.C.R.P.)- It was first started at R. G. Kar Medical College & Hospital  on 01/09/2004. B. R. Singh E. Railway Hospital, Sealdah joined the programme in 2010 and .S.I. Hospital, Manicktala, Kolkata on 09/01/12. The timings for collection are-           

i) R. G. Kar Medical College & Hospital, Kolkata - 4 (Duty time- 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. & Sundays- 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.)

ii) B. R. Singh E. Railway Hospital, Sealdah (Duty time at 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. except Sundays & Holidays)

iii) E.S.I. Hospital, Manicktala, Kolkata (Duty time at 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. except Sundays)

An on- call service is available for all these sites out of hours and for Gandhi Memorial Hospital, Kalyani and J. N. Memorial Hospital, Kalyani also.

Personnel / Staff:  

•  Medical Director- Dr. Samar K. Basak
• Back- up Medical Director- Dr. Ayan Mohanto
• Executive Director- Dr. Bani Biswas
• Corneal Surgeons-

1)    Dr. Samar K. Basak

2)    Dr. Ayan Mohanto

3)    Dr. Arup Bhaumik

4)    Dr. Tuhin Chowdhury

5)    Dr. Ayan Choudhuri

6)    Dr. Sanjib Banerjee

7)    Dr. Prashant Singhal

8)    Dr. Debashis Dutta

• Corneal Fellows-

1.    Dr. Daula M. Thengil

2.    Dr. Nibedita Das

• Assistant Eye Bank Manager- Mr. Ashis Biswas
• Eye Bank Technicians-

1. Mr. Sujoy Paul
2. Mr. Arindam Banerjee

· Junior Technicians-

Mr. Surajit Debnath

· Laboratory Technician & Microbiologist- Indrani Mitra

• Hospital Cornea Retrieval Programme (H.C.R.P.) Co- ordinator- Mr. Ashis Biswas

· Grief Counsellors-

a)    Mr. Biplab Roy

b)    Mr. Himadri Chakraborty

c)    Mr. Bipra Sikdar

d)    Mr. Biswajit Dey

e)    Mr. Soumik Ganguly

f)     Mr. Biswajit Saha

• Donor’s Tissue Utilisation Co- ordinator- Mr. Arindam Banerjee
• Admin. Assistant- Ankita Chakraborty

Let us put the I back in EYE BANKING: that is- Involvement, Inspiration and Innovation!