Aravind Eye Care System

Mission : To eliminate needless

blindness

Core principle ,Hospital must provide services to the rich and poor alike, yet be
financially self-supporting. This principle is achieved through high quality, large
volume care and a well-organised system.
Aravind Eye Hospital was founded in 1976, by Dr. G. Venkataswamy, a man known
to most of us simply as Dr. V. In an eleven bed hospital manned by 4 medical
officers.
The hospital contributed to 45% of the total cataract surgeries done in Tamil
Nadu.

1976

1997

Madurai

COIMBATORE

1985

2003

Theni

PONDICHERRY

1988

2006

TIRUNELVELI

TIRUPUR

Success Drivers
Highly skilled doctors (working 60 hrs a week
instead of 30 hrs)
Efficient recruitment process
Fully sponsored camps
In-house production of IOLs
Highly skilled staff
Economies of scale
Standardized process : two types of operations

Franchising the hospital

Revenue model be such that cost of capital
should be recovered
Match of ideals to the cause plus bidders
ability to sustain such model should be
analyzed
Atleast one senior management of Aravind
Eye hospital should be deputed in franshises
hospital
Strict quality control guidelines

Quality of service compairision

Main Hospital

Free Hospital

6 operating theater , 2 table per theater ,

1 minor septic theater
Specialty clinics
Well equipped with modern often
imported equipment

More crowded ot

Two surgery at two different rates

Most surgeries are icce types

6* 3 mattress bed

6* 3 bamboo mat

Same quality of medical services