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Namaskar I welcome you all to the 5th Anniversary celebrations of Pushpagiri Eye Institute. It was just 5 years back when we realized that: |
Having realized the above and driven by an element of compassion – to serve all those who cannot afford – we set up Pushpagiri Eye Institute in Secunderabad in January 2007. The then Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh late Dr. Y S Rajsekhar Reddy was kind enough to inaugurate the Hospital.
Since then we have grown from strength to strength and from a Super Specialty Eye Hospital in Secunderabad we have grown into a National Institute for Comprehensive Eye Care with an Eye to provide affordable Ophthalmic services to one and all.
In the last 5 years with commendable support from my team and many of our well wishers we have been successful in establishing a Patient Centric Institution of excellence wherein Specialty Eye Care is available at affordable price to one and all where no patient is turned back un-attended because he cannot afford.
At PVRI we have been successful in developing a model wherein we:
Now, I wish to share some of our achievements which has grown in geometric progression in the last five years:
One of the important achievement in the year 2011, is we had tied up with Lions International under which we conducted free Eye Camps in 101 Government schools with more 6,900 students were screened.
In view of the commendable work done by the Hospital, Government of Andhra Pradesh has selected our Hospital under the Sri Rajiv Aarogyasri Scheme and following achievements justifies the faith imposed in us by the AP State Govt:
No of camps conducted |
230 |
No of Patients screened free of cost |
24,938 |
No. of patients operated |
3,482 |
As informed last year, Acumen Funds appreciating or model invested USD 2.0 million to help PVRI set up two more Super Specialty Eye Hospital in Vizianagaram and Kadapa.
The First Hospital was inaugurated on 4th March 2012 in Vizianagaram and the second Hospital will be inaugurated in the month of July 2012 in Kadapa. The construction of this hospital is going in full swing and as per schedule.
I am proud to say that within a short period of four years we have already set our eyes on International Collaborations and Partnerships.
We have signed up to work with following institutes:
In addition to above we are in the process of Collaborating and Partnering with one of the Globally known Eye Research Institute to work on combating blindness due to Age Related Macular deficiency and Diabetic Retinopathy – the result of which would benefit millions of Diabetic population of India.
We will also be collaborating/partnering with them on Research programmers in the areas such as:
On the Education and Training front, we at PVRI have been playing a major role and some of the Academic/Training initiatives being:
Recognizing the tremendous experience available with PVRI, AP state Government has approved PVRI to conduct following Diploma Courses:
Lastly at Pushpagiri Eye Institute, I and my team promise to dedicate all our might to contribute towards the eradication of the preventable blindness by providing appropriate and compassionate high quality Specialty Eye Care for all and especially to those who cannot afford.
Tamsoma Jyotirgamaya