一枚处理好的眼角膜
1960年,席尔瓦的母亲去世,她兑现承诺,将自己的角膜捐出。
In 1960 his mother died and it's said that Silva won the nation's heart by grafting her corneas on to the eyes of a poor farmer, and restoring his sight.
1960年,他的母亲去世,据说席尔瓦将母亲的眼角膜移植给了一位贫穷的农民,那位农民重获光明,而席尔瓦也赢得了斯里兰卡人民的心。
斯里兰卡一位等待眼角膜捐献的病人在做检查
席尔瓦鼓励人们,捐献角膜是一种“善行”(a meritorious deed),可以换来“福报”。
斯里兰卡盛行小乘佛教,75%的人口都是佛教徒,因此这种积德行善的举动很容易获得响应。
Buddhism has also played a part in encouraging donations and teaching people to see them as an act of giving, that will help them to be reincarnated into a better life.
佛教也从中起到一定作用,它鼓励人们捐献,教导信徒们将其视为一种奉献,为来生转世积福。
斯里兰卡眼捐献协会
1961年,席尔瓦在妻子的帮助下,在科伦坡先后成立了斯里兰卡国际眼库(Sri Lanka International Eye Bank)、人体组织库(Human Tissue Bank)和斯里兰卡眼捐献协会(Sri Lanka Eye Donation Society),这些组织成为了50多年来斯里兰卡最重要的角膜捐献途径,也是斯里兰卡与外界接触最广泛的机构之一。
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