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1992
2000
2010-2020
Vision
Recording
Preliminary
Examinatio
n
Refraction
Test
Tear Duct
function
Testing of
Tension
Final
Examination
600 Beds
Madurai
400 Beds
T-veni
100 Beds
Thoni
400 Beds
Coimbatore
TILL 1992, 3.65 MILLION PATIENTS AND 335000 CATARACT OPERATIONS ARE DONE
90% OF FUNDS ARE SELF GENERATED AND REST COMES FROM RCSB(U.K) AND SEVA
(USA)
INTRAOCULAR LENS
$30 PER PIECE WHILE IMPORTING
NOW `200 WHICH WILL REDUCE TO ` 100 LATER
AURO LAB: 60000 LENS/YEAR
PROBLEM
o MORE THAN FULL CAPACITY ON MONDAY, TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
o SLACK ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
Main Hospital
Independent functioning
ICCE surgery cost Rs 500 to Rs 1000
ECCE surgery cost Rs 1500 to Rs 2500
Expenses include surgery, stay, medicines etc
Patients guided at each step by several support staf
Dr. Venkataswamy also involved in guiding and support
Experienced doctors and support staf
Hassle free check ups, diagnosis and surgery
Free Hospital
Completely free
Mostly ICCE surgeries
ECCE if medically recommended
Dealt with more patients
Doctors and staf experienced and compassionate
Patients, post-surgery, provided aphakic glasses
Complications, if any, monitored carefully
People from same communities placed together
Eye Camp
Multiple camps organized in several areas in Tamil Nadu
Conducted with help of local community along with a local
sponsor
Sponsor pays for publicity, food and transportation of
patients
Hospital pays for tests, surgery and medicines
Support staf included hospital employees, college students
and other volunteers
Percentage
26
25
Camp sponsored
13
Patients transported in Groups
supported by volunteers
Fear of surgery
11
No one to accompany
10
Family opposition
Recommendations
Scale up AuroLab and manufacture IOLs and sell
them to competing eye hospitals like LV Prasad
in Hyderabad.
Increase community out reach, use NGO
networks as well
Increase the fee on paid services to cover a
larger base of the free service hospital
Generate an eye Bank on full scale
Use donations like LVP and make it a central part
of your cash flows