Dr Kulwant Gaur (39), who runs a private homoeopathic clinic in Bajrang Nagar area of Kota city, has facilitated donation of 295 pairs of corneas over the past six years.
A homoeopathic doctor in Kota not only gives medicines but also lights up lives of people lacking eyesight by persuading others to donate corneas
Dr Kulwant Gaur (39), who runs a private homoeopathic clinic in Bajrang Nagar area of Kota city, has facilitated donation of 295 pairs of corneas over the past six years.
Whenever he gets to know about a death, he meets the family members and convinces them to donate the corneas of the dead.
Asked about the inspiration behind his mission, he said, “When I was returning to Kota from Surat in 2011, I saw a child suffering from corneal blindness after he was hit by a train at the Surat railway station; the kid later died.”
He was so moved by the kid’s death that he started seeking information about corneal blindness; he came to know that corneal transplant was the cure. “First I met the former Rajasthan chief secretary ML Mehta who was associated with the Eye Bank Society of Rajasthan; the society gave us a trained professional for corneal extraction from donors,” he said.
