Arvind Eye Care System“Restoring Vision to Millions”

Arvind Eye Care System

• Aravind Eye Hospital was founded in 1976, by Dr. G. Venkataswamy

• Eleven bed hospital manned by 4 medical officers

• Today, it is one of the largest facilities in the world for eye care.

Mission

To eliminate needless blindness.

“Intelligence and capability are not enough. There must also be the joy of doing something beautiful. Being of service to God and humanity means going well beyond the sophistication of the best technology, to the humble demonstration of courtesy and compassion to each patient.”

- Dr.G.Venkataswamy

Genesis• 45 Million blinds worldwide• 12 Million blinds in India• 95% are due to cataract related blindness• World’s largest Blind population is in India• 80% of the blindness is easily curable and

hence needless• Challenges - growing population, inadequate

infrastructure, low per capita income, aging population, diseases and illiteracy.

Disruption in the way Eye care delivered

• A service model inspired by McDonalds.• Standardisation of Services• A Mechanism of delivery of eyecare with

efficiency of McDonalds

Eyecare Service Delivery at Arvind

• There are now 5 Arvind eye hospitals in south India

• They are all self sustaining and together they serve over 1.4 million patients each year

• At Arvind every paitent who pays covers cost for those who can not.

• Because of their high numbers revenue from paying patients covers free services and also results in surplus.

60% patients receive free treatment

Breaking the access barrier

Breaking the access barrier

• Community outreach programmes which take eye care service to the doorstep of the community

• Screening camps, and IT enabled Vision Centres in rural areas

• Patients requiring surgery are brought to the Hospital

• Patients receive food, lodging, treatment and return transport free of charge

Arvind (Wo)manpower

Arvind (Wo)manpower

• 300+ village highschool girls selected each year

• They are trained to perform routine clinical tasks

• Thus allowing doctors to do what they are best at – diagnosis and Surgeries

• The lives of these young women are vastly improved

Productivity of an eye Sergeon

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Surgeries per year

Making Eye care affordable through Product innovation

• Aurolab was established in 1992 to address high cost of opthalmic supplies

• Price of lense (IOL) brought down from $100 to $2 making the surgery affordable

• Today Aurolab exports their products to 120 countries ; 7% market share

• 10 million people see the world through Aurolab’s lenses

Aurolab

“When you grow in spiritual consciousness, we identify with all that is inthe world so there is no exploitation. It is ourselves we are helping. It is ourselves we are healing.”

Dr.G.Venkataswamy

Thank You