Dr. Agarwal's Eye Hospital

Dr. Agarwal's Eye Hospital
Dr. Agarwals's Eye Hospitals Limited
Geography
Location Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Organisation
Hospital type Specialist
Services
Speciality Ophthalmology
History
Founded 1957
Links
Website www.dragarwal.com
Lists Hospitals in India

Dr. Agarwal's Eye Hospital is a chain of eye specialty hospitals in India headquartered at Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It was founded by Jaiveer Agarwal with his wife Tahira Agarwal in Chennai, started as an eye care centre which has grown to more than 61 centres in India and 17 centres overseas.[1]

Amar Agarwal is the current Chairman and Managing Director of Dr. Agarwal's Eye Hospital.

Founder

Jaiveer Agarwal born on September 24, 1930 along with his family members lead this hospital. He was the founder and chairperson of this hospital and also the recipient of the national award Padma Bhushan from APJ Abdul Kalam in March, 2006.[2] His wife Tahira Agarwal and son Amar Agarwal are both ophthalmologists. Jaiveer Agarwal died on 16 November 2009.[3][4][5]

Centres

India

Dr. Agarwal's Eye Hospital has 16 branches each in Chennai and the rest of Tamil Nadu, 5 branches in Bengaluru, 6 branches each in Hyderabad (Telangana - Dilsukhnagar, Himayat Nagar, Madeenaguda, Panjagutta, Santhosh Nagar, Secunderabad) and Andhra Pradesh (Guntur, Nellore (Main), Nellore (Pogathota), Tirupathi, Visakhapatnam (Gopalpatnam) and Visakhapatnam (Main).,[6] and 1 branch each in Jaipur(Rajasthan), Port Blair and Thiruvananthapuram(Kerala), 2 branches in Kolkata, 3 branches in the rest of Karnataka (Hubli & Mysore) and 2 branches in Odisha (Cuttack & Bhubaneswar) and 1 branch in Ahmedabad.[7]

Overseas

Dr. Agarwal's Eye Hospital has three branches in Mauritius (Ebene, Flacq and Mahebourg, 3 branches in Mozambique (Beira, Maputo and Xai Xai), and one branch each in Madagascar (Analamanga), Seychelles (Victoria Mahe), Zambia (Lusaka), Uganda (Kampala), Swaziland (Manzini), Tanzania (Der es salaam), Ghana, Nigeria (Kaduna) and Rwanda (Kigali).[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Insight into Healthcare - Dr Agarwal's Eye Hospital, Chennai". The Financial Express (India). July 2008.
  2. ↑ "Padma Awards presented". The Hindu. March 21, 2006.
  3. ↑ "Founder of Dr Agarwal's Eye Hospital Passes Away". The Financial Express (India). November 2009.
  4. ↑ "Ophthalmologist Jaiveer Agarwal passes away". The Hindu. November 2009.
  5. ↑ "Services at Dr. Agarwal's Eye Hospital". Dr. Agarwal's Eye Hospital. Archived from the original on 2014-02-21.
  6. ↑ "Dr Agarwal's Eye Hospital entered Andhra Pradesh with 5 branches". The Hindu. 9 May 2012. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014.
  7. ↑ "Dr. Agarwal's Eye Hospitals Branches". Dr. Agarwal's Eye Hospital. Archived from the original on 2014-02-23.
  8. ↑ "Dr. Agarwal's Eye Hospitals Branches". Dr. Agarwal's Eye Hospital. Archived from the original on 2014-02-23.
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