Arvind Eye Hospital,Madurai

Name :

Arvind Eye Hospital,Madurai

Address  :

1, Anna Nagar

Town  :

Madurai

State  :

Tamil Nadu

Country  :

INDIA

Post Code:

625020

Phone  :

91 452 435 6100

Fax  :

+91-452-253 0984

Web URL  :

Arvind Eye HospitalMadurai
Specialization
  • Ophthalmology
  • Paediatrics
Facilities

Total Number Of Beds : 11

Speciality Type :

Super Speciality :

  • Eye-Retinal Surgery

Description

Inaugurated in 1976 Aravind Eye Hospital Madurai has grown to accommodate 330 paying patients and 920 free patients It serves a population of 267 million covering the districts Dharmapuri Salem Namakkal Perambalur Nagapattinam Trichy Karur Dindigul Virudunagar Sivaganga and Ramnad Apart from this the hospital receives patients from all over the country and also from other nations like Nigeria Srilanka Sultanate of Oman Maldives and even USA It has fullfledged superspecialty clinics including Retina and Vitreous Cornea Glaucoma IOL Paediatric Ophthalmology Neuroophthalmology Uvea and Orbit and Oculoplasty manned by highlyqualified specialists 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 AravindMadurai handled 909404 outpatient visits and performed 130980 surgeries from April 2010 March 2011
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