Ramayamma International Eye Bank (RIEB)
Healthy donor corneas are scarce and an eye bank that harvests and distributes this precious resource is a lifeline to hundreds of people looking for a donor cornea, as a cure to their blindness.
The RIEB established in 1989 is a dedicated eye bank that collects, medically evaluates, processes and distributes donor corneas for the purpose of corneal grafting.
About Ramayamma International Eye Bank
Since its inception, RIEB has focused on setting high quality standards and being innovative, while rapidly increasing its supply of transplantable corneas. RIEB has actively promoted effective networking and establishment of eye banks in the region through the promotion of community eye banking.
Today RIEB has grown to be the largest eye bank in the Asia-Pacific region, supporting over 4000 transplants in India. It has greatly increased the collection of transplantable donor corneas and elevated eye banking performance standards in India, other parts of Asia and the developing world.
As a SightLife Center of Excellence in Eye Banking, RIEB is a leader among global eye banks with the largest provider of sight restoring corneas in India and the Asia-Pacific region and a model for best practices.
The LVPEI Network Eye Banks
Apart from RIEB at the LVPEI, Kallam Anji Reddy Campus, Hyderabad, each tertiary center at Bhubaneswar, Visakhapatnam and Vijayawada has one eye bank to cater to the requirements in the region.
The Drushti Daan Eye Bank
at LVPEI’s Mithu Tulsi Chanrai Campus, Bhubaneswar has crossed a significant milestone in 2023, collecting 15,000 corneas. The Drushti Daan Eye Bank began its services in March 2002 and became a part of the LVPEI Eye Bank Network in July 2007.
The Mohsin Eye Bank
began services in October 2001 and became a part of the LVPEI Eye Bank Network in April 2016.  The Mohsin Eye Bank at LVPEI’s GMR Varalakshmi Campus, Visakhapatnam has crossed a milestone of collecting 10,000 corneas in 2021.
The Tej Kohli Eye Bank
at LVPEI’s Kode Venkatadri Chowdary Campus, Vijayawada began services in August 2016 and crossed a milestone of collecting 5000 corneas in 2023.
The LVPEI Network Eye Banks together harvest around 12000 corneas and distribute over 7500 corneas annually, for sight restoration surgeries.