Aravind Eye Hospital. Madurai

Overview

1, Anna Nagar, Madurai, Tamil Nadu 625020

Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai, is the headquarters for the Madurai Eye Bank Association, which receives eyeball donations from various institutions in India and from the USA. Aravind-Madurai handled 846,806 outpatient visits and performed 111,636

t: view phone+91-452-435 6100,

f: view fax+91-452-253 0984

w: http://www.aravind.org/

e: aravind@aravind.org

Description

Founded in 1976 by Dr. G. Venkataswamy, Aravind Eye Care System today is the largest and most productive eye care facility in the world. From April 2007 to March 2008, about 2.4 million persons have received outpatient eye care and over 285,000 have undergone eye surgeries at the Aravind Eye Hospitals at Madurai, Theni, Tirunelveli, Coimbatore and Puducherry.

Blending traditional hospitality with state-of-the-art ophthalmic care, Aravind offers comprehensive eye care in the most systematic way attracting patients from all around the world.

Inaugurated in 1976, Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai has grown to accommodate 329 paying patients and 920 free patients. It has full-fledged super-specialty clinics including, Retina and Vitreous, Cornea, Glaucoma, IOL, Paediatric Ophthalmology, Neuro-ophthalmology, Uvea and Orbit and Oculoplasty, manned by highly-qualified specialists.