Dr. Agarwal’s Eye Hospital, India’s one of the leading eye care hospital, inaugurated its new eye care hospital at Velachery, Chennai by Thiru. G K Vasan, Hon’ble Union Minister for Statistics and Programme implementation today. This new hospital will be a secondary eye care hospital with facilities to treat diseases like Glaucoma, Retinal degeneration, Vitrectomy, Macular degeneration, Squint etc., apart from Cataract and refractive error. This hospital is outfitted with latest ZEISS Operational Microscope, Laser equipments, Fundus Flourence Angiography (FFA) and Phaco equipments (latest Cataract surgery) to facilitate advanced diagnosis and treatment of eye disorders.

Speaking on the Inauguration, Thiru. G K Vasan, Hon’ble Union Minister for Statistics and Programme implementation said, “Dr. Agarwal’s Eye Hospital has been constantly striving to improve the quality of life of the individuals by inventing new medical techniques & new treatment procedures in the field of ophthalmology keeping the interest of common man in mind. I am delighted this new initiative of reaching the common man will benefit the populace of Velachery”.

Dr. Amar Agarwal, Joint Managing Director, Dr. Agarwal’s Eye Hospital Limited said, “We have invested more than Rs. 30 million in this branch to ensure that only state-of- the-art equipment is made available to address this surmounting problem of blindness and conditions close to that. With our technical expertise & trusted quality services of over 5 decades, we hope to improve the eye care services offered to the patients in this neighbourhood”.

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About Dr. Agarwal’s Eye Hospital:

Dr. Agarwal’s Eye Hospital is a tertiary eye hospital started in the year 1957. Now the Hospital has completed its 50 years of quality service in eye care with 10 branches in Chennai apart from leaving its footprints in Villupuram, Kumbakonam, Vellore, Kanchipuram and Jaipur. The organization has received various awards for its inventions and services. In March 2006, Chairman Dr. J Agarwal was awarded Padma Bhushan for his dedicated service to the poor and needy. The hospital was noted on the global platform for its invention Micro-Phakonit (0.7 mm Cataract surgery) by Dr. Amar Agarwal. This hospital also offers 3 year Post Graduate course – DNB in association with Alagappa University.