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Dr Shroff’s Charity Eye Hospital
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Daryaganj
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- Anaesthesiology
- ENT
- Ophthalmology
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- Single Speciality : eye and ENT care
Description
Daryaganj The base hospital is located at Daryaganj in the heart of the city in a heritage building which was constructed in 1926 Over the decades the building has become a synonym for quality care and hope for the hopeless
The facility houses all the super specialities under Eye and ENT and provides tertiary referall support to almost entire North India apart from patients identified internally in the network To support the medical staff who have trained from some of the best Institutes in India and abroad the institute also has diagnostic equipment to provide cutting edge intervention The institute also is a hub for training and research
History
History
The story of Dr Shroffs Charity Eye Hospital began in one room in the walled city of Delhi in 1914 where Dr Sorabji P Shroff a 36 year old graduate of the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh decided to establish a clinic
In 1922 a trust was established by Dr Shroff together with the wellknown personalities of Delhi like Dr M A Ansari Hakim Ajmal Khan Rai Bahadur Lala Sultan Singh and Shri Pyare Lal with the goal of building a dedicated eye hospital
With sustained representations in 1924 the British Administration made land available in DaryaganjThe hospital was completed in 1927 and was inaugurated on March 23rd by Lady Irwin Vicerene of India In 1962 the institution was selected as a leading eye hospital by the International Conference of Ophthalmology held in Delhi in which wellknown specialists from Europe and the United states participated
The following year just one year before his death Dr S P Shroff was awarded the Padma Shri by the government of India for his humanitarian efforts
Today the institution is considered one of the best super specialty eye care institutions in North India with an unwavering commitment to providing quality eye care services to all economic sections of the society
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