Aravind Eye Hospitals
Indian eye hospital chain known for high-volume, low-cost cataract care.
Aravind Eye Hospitals is a chain of eye hospitals in India founded by Dr. Govindappa Venkataswamy in 1976.[1] By 2012, the hospital network had provided care to close to 32 million individuals and carried out more than 4 million eye operations.[1][2]
Quick Facts
- Location
- Tamil Nadu, India
- Country
- India
- Speciality
- Ophthalmology
- Network
- Aravind Eye Care System
- Beds
- 4000
- Founded
- 1976
Facts from the source article.
Key facts and history
Dr. Venkataswamy founded Aravind as a post-retirement project when he was 58 years old.[2] Aravind-Chennai, the largest hospital in the network, was established in September 2017 to commemorate Dr. V's birth centenary.[3][4] Sri Venkateswara Aravind Eye Hospital in Tirupati opened in March 2019 with land allocated by Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams.[3][5] In 1976, the facility began operations in Madurai with only 11 beds.[3]
1997 saw the founding of the Coimbatore hospital.[3] Aravind's first international facility, likely the largest eye-care center in Africa with a capacity for 10,000 annual surgeries, was established in Nigeria during 2018 through a collaboration with the Chanrai Group.[6] To address high costs, Aravind founded Aurolab, a manufacturing unit that produced intraocular lenses for $10 each, while other suppliers charged between $60 and $100.[7]
What the cited sources add
Aravind-Chennai handled around 783,067 outpatient visits and performed 108,330 surgeries in the year ending March 2026.[4] Aravind-Tirupati handled over 382,939 outpatient visits and performed over 61,029 surgeries in the year ending March 2026.[5] The HuffPost account states that Aravind operates as a trust where surpluses are used only for extending operations.[2] The same source notes that Aravind has over 50 vision care centers and works with eye hospitals in over 30 countries.[2]
Aurolab was inspired by Dr. Govindappa Venkataswamy with the purpose of bringing precision eye care within reach.[8]
References
- Wikipedia, "Aravind Eye Hospitals" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "About Aravind Eye Hospitals"; "An Infinite Vision: The Story of Aravind Eye Hospital", HuffPost, 15 May 2012; "A Hospital Network With a Vision", 16 January 2013 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- "An Infinite Vision: The Story of Aravind Eye Hospital", HuffPost, 15 May 2012. facts only, no text reused. huffingtonpost.com
- Wikipedia, "Aravind Eye Hospitals" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Aravind Eye Hospital-Chennai"; "Sri Venkateswara Aravind Eye Hospital, Tirupati" (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- "Aravind Eye Hospital-Chennai". facts only, no text reused. aravind.org
- "Sri Venkateswara Aravind Eye Hospital, Tirupati". facts only, no text reused. aravind.org
- Wikipedia, "Aravind Eye Hospitals" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Far-sighted: Aravind Eye Care to set up hospital in Nigeria", 20 January 2014 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Aravind Eye Hospitals" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Aurolab", www.aurolab.com (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- "Aurolab", www.aurolab.com. facts only, no text reused. aurolab.com
Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Aravind Eye Hospitals (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.
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