ARVIND EYE HOSPITAL – SERVICE

FOR SIGHT

Rohit Patole
Karan Bhalgat
Sumedh Agasimani
37 MILLION BLINDS
WORLDWIDE,
12 MILLION IN INDIA
 ARAVIND EYE CARE

• Founded by Dr. Govindappa Venkataswamy at Madurai in the year 1976

• Started as 11 Beds hospital
• As of 2012 Aravind has 32 Million Patients and performed 4 Million Surgeries
• Aravind Eye Hospital delivers high-quality, low cost ophthalmological care to
some of India’s poorest people
 VALUES CREATED FROM DR.V'S CASE

• REACHING MOST OF THE PEOPLE

• TO FOCUS ON IMPROVING TOTAL HEALTH OF THE
COUNTRY
• TO MAKE EYE-SURGERIES AFFORDABLE FOR POOR
PEOPLE
• SAME TREATEMENT FOR ALL SECTION OF SOCIETY
4P'S INNOVATION
 PRODUCTS

• LOW COST SURGERIES

• INTRAOCULAR LENSES
• AUROLAB (RnD)
 PROCESS

• Fastest cataract surgery in Aravind can be done in

3.5 mins.
• Standardization, Easy access, affordable
• Training the local workforce
 POSITION

• UK costs 11.6 Bn Pounds for the half Million surgeries

• Aravind costs 13.8 Mn pounds for 300,000 surgeries which
is less than 1% of total cost.
• They let patients decide whether to pay or not
• Camps in rural areas more than 2000 times a year.
 PARADIGM

• Creating High Volume, High Quality surgeries for the poor people
• Standardization in Eye care
• Aravind couldn’t afford the Intraocular lenses.
• They decided to make their own
 MCDONALDIZATION OF EYE -CARE

1. Productivity with quality

2. In-house manufacturing
3. Technology to aid outreach
ANY QUESTIONS ?