Committed to PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO KNOW Vol. 5 Num 145 Sun. October 17, 2004       Star Health Seminar on ‘World Sight Day 2004’ held at SSMC Promotion of posthumous eye donation and prevention of preventable blindness Tareq Salahuddin On the occasion of 'World Sight Day 2004' SNEDS (Sandhani National Eye Donation Society), Mitford Zone organised a seminar on the theme 'Eradication of blindness in Bangladesh and Sandhani' at the lecture gallery no 1 of Sir Salimullah Medical College and Mitford Hospital, Dhaka on 13th October last. Prof. Dr Md Abdul Halim Khan, head of eye department of SSMC and Mitford Hospital was the chairman of the seminar. Dr Moni Lal Aich Litu presented the key presentation of the seminar. He showed different aspects of posthumous eye donation, the current picture of our country, work of SNEDS on posthumous eye donation, cornea collection and so on. Eminent professors talked on the seminar discussing the importance of posthumous eye donation for cornea replacement and prevention of preventable blindness in our country.