Bangladesh is bringing cornea from Nepal for the victims of the July movement that saw the resignation of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
Prof Khair Ahmed Choudhury, director of the National Institute of Ophthalmology, said cornea for two patients would reach by Sunday afternoon.
He said the Biman Bangladesh flight would carry those corneas.
He was speaking at a roundtable on "integrated approach of eye care services in humanitarian settings - lessons and best practices" organised by the Orbis International, and the Financial Express newspaper at a city hotel on Sunday.
He said many people suffered eye issues due to gunshots and other injuries during the movement.
"But we don't have enough cornea. Seva (a global nonprofit eye care organization) Nepal is helping us in this regard," he said.
After the program, he told Dhaka Tribune that at least 70 victims of the movement would need cornea.
"It will take time to prepare them for grafting cornea. These two patients are ready, and that's why we are doing that right now," he said, adding that Seva of Nepal would help them with corneas for all of them.
Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner Mohammad Mizanur Rahman, President of Ophthalmological Society of Bangladesh Prof AHM Enayet Hussain, Country Director of Orbis Dr Munir Ahmed and Editor of the Financial Express Shamsul Huq Zahid spoke at the program, among others. Shiabur Rahman, head of online and digital content of the Financial Express, moderated the event.