Lions Eye Bank
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The Lions Eye Bank was established in 1986 by the Lions Save Sight Foundation (LSSF) and is housed at the Lions Eye Institute in Perth, Western Australia.
It is the only facility of its kind in WA and coordinates the collection, processing and distribution of eye tissue for transplantation. The Bank also maintains a waitlist of patients who require corneal graft operations.
About 100 corneas are provided by the Bank for transplant each year. Corneal transplants have a high rate of success, but WA has a shortage of donated human eye tissue.
