Dr. Agarwal's Eye Hospital

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]

Dr. Agarwal's Eye Hospital
Dr. Agarwals's Eye Hospitals Limited
Geography
LocationChennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Organisation
TypeSpecialist
Services
SpecialityOphthalmology
History
Opened1957
Links
Websitewww.dragarwal.com
ListsHospitals in India

Amar Agarwal is the chairman and managing director of Dr. Agarwal's Eye Hospital.[2]

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.[3] His wife Tahira Agarwal and son Amar Agarwal are both ophthalmologists. Jaiveer Agarwal died on 16 November 2009.[4][5][6]

Centres

India

Dr. Agarwal's Eye Hospital has 16 branches each in Chennai and the rest of Tamil Nadu, five branches in Bengaluru, six 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),[7] and one branch each in Jaipur (Rajasthan), Port Blair and Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala), two branches in Kolkata, three branches in the rest of Karnataka (Hubli and Mysore) and two branches in Odisha (Cuttack and Bhubaneswar) and one branch in Ahmedabad.[8]

On 6 November 2019, a new facility is launched at Raja Rajeswari Nagar, Bangaluru.[9]

Overseas

Dr. Agarwal's Eye Hospital has three branches in Mauritius (Ebene, Flacq and Mahebourg, three 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 (Dar es salaam), Ghana, Nigeria (Kaduna) and Rwanda (Kigali).[10]

See also

References
  1. "Insight into Healthcare - Dr Agarwal's Eye Hospital, Chennai". The Financial Express (India). July 2008.
  2. www.ETHealthworld.com. "Interview: Dr. Amar Agarwal, Chairman & MD, Dr. Agarwal's Eye Hospital, Chennai - ET HealthWorld". ETHealthworld.com. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
  3. "Padma Awards presented". The Hindu. March 21, 2006.
  4. "Founder of Dr Agarwal's Eye Hospital Passes Away". The Financial Express (India). November 2009.
  5. "Ophthalmologist Jaiveer Agarwal passes away". The Hindu. November 2009.
  6. "Services at Dr. Agarwal's Eye Hospital". Dr. Agarwal's Eye Hospital. Archived from the original on 2014-02-21.
  7. "Dr Agarwal's Eye Hospital entered Andhra Pradesh with five branches". The Hindu. 9 May 2012. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014.
  8. "Dr. Agarwal's Eye Hospitals Branches". Dr. Agarwal's Eye Hospital. Archived from the original on 2014-02-23.
  9. "Dr Agarwal's eye hospital launches new facility at Raja Rajeswari Nagar". Medical Dialogues. 2019-11-06.
  10. "Dr. Agarwal's Eye Hospitals Branches". Dr. Agarwal's Eye Hospital. Archived from the original on 2014-02-23.
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