Venu Eye Institute & Research Centre

Name :

Venu Eye Institute & Research Centre

Address  :

1/ 31
Sheikh Sarai Institutional Area- II

Town  :

New Delhi

State  :

Delhi

Country  :

INDIA

Post Code:

110 017

Phone  :

+91-11-29251155; 29251156; 29254758

Web URL  :

Available

Email  :

vcs@venueyeinstitute.org

Description

Mission
To provide modern preventive curative and rehabilitative eye care services
to people who have no access to healthcare facilities

To take eye care services to the doorstep of the patient rather than wait
for the patient to come to the hospital

To provide these services to one and all regardless of caste colour or
creed whether they can pay pay a little or not pay at all

To provide the services with humility and care always mindful of the
dignity of the human spirit

To create an environment of professional growth for the serving team

Mission statement as given by the late Dr RK Seth Founder Venu Eye Institute amp Research Centre

History

45 million people in India are visually handicapped Of these 12 million are totally blind

Venu is a service organisation that takes quality eye care to the doorstep of the visually afflicted the majority of whom live below the poverty line in the urban slums and rural areas of India

Started by late Dr RK Seth in 1980 Venu is a not for profit voluntary organisation Venu believes that every individual has the right to equality and medical care To this aim Venu has developed its ideology to suit and include people with visual impairments

Venu has been engaged in providing eye care in and around Delhi for 25 years The story began in 1980 when the late Dr RK Seth a reputed ophthalmologist decided to give up his flourishing practice of 15 years for this humane cause He conceived the dream of an organisation that would provide selfless eye care to the millions who were visually impaired and began in a small place in South Delhi

Venu literally means a flute and it carries the voice of hope to the blind and the voice of the blind to the rest of the world

Significantly the flute is made of the same bamboo reed used by the blind in India as their pathfinder This fenestrated hollow bamboo reed becomes an ocean of sonorous musical notes when someone breathes into it Similarly the color blue represents hope and white for peace Venu the organisation becomes a Temple of Service when all concerned breathe themselves into it

Prevention cure rehabilitation training and spreading general awareness are the main functions of Venu So the activities and events are geared towards identifying treating and rehabilitating a person with visual affliction even if he cannot afford it