Indira Gandhi Eye Hospital & Research Centre

Description

Over the years inadequate development of human resources and infrastructure and a difficult terrain have resulted in gross under delivery of quality eye care in UP especially to the poor To overcome this problem RGCT initially joined hands with Aravind Eye Care System AECS to develop the Indira Gandhi Eye Hospitals and Research Centres IGEHRCs to provide worldclass eye care infrastructure and eliminate needless blindness in Northern India Today IGEHRC operations are run by RGCTs own qualified staff IGEHRC is supported by a team of highly trained deeply motivated and extremely committed medical paramedical and managerial staff Each member of the IGEHRC hospitals whatever the nature of their responsibilities is oriented towards total patient service

Currently two hospitals are successfully operating in UP a secondary level facility in Amethi and a tertiary level hospital in Lucknow Unlike the family owned and run hospitals and clinics that bound especially in smaller towns and villages the IGEHRC hospitals are professionally managed They are run by a team of expert administrators with multidisciplinary training who ensure that the hospitals function effectively and that the available resources are put to optimal use

The IGEHRC hospitals follow robust systems that are not only patient centric but are aimed at ensuring seamless efficiency in service delivery by the hospital staff For instance as a result of these streamlined systems a surgeon at the IGEHRC hospital performs more than 2000 cataract surgeries a year which is five times the number performed by an average Indian ophthalmologist Standardised clinical operating and administrative protocols and procedures are responsible for the quality and consistency of the service available at IGEHRC hospitals Best practices are achieved at all times as these protocols and procedures ensure that every task is exactly replicable every time it is performed

Vision
To become the largest provider of affordable and quality eye care in North India

Mission
To provide timely and affordable worldclass eye care to all segments of society

Quality Statement
Quality standards are set continuously at IGEHRC through appropriate adaptation of technological innovation and by taking into account changing patient expectations

Covering an area of approximately 30000 square feet IGEHRC Amethi started out as a 50bed hospital but today has two wards with 158beds Seventyfive beds are reserved for subsidisedpoor patients It has a microscope to table ratio of 35 Its two Operation Theatres are equipped with three stateoftheart microscopes and four operating tables Advanced equipment for cataract and glaucoma investigation diagnosis and surgery available at this facility are on par with the best in the world