Sankara Nethralaya

Sankara Nethralaya

Sankara Nethralaya is a not-for-profit missionary institution for ophthalmic care (i.e., an eye hospital) located in Chennai, India. "Sankara Nethralaya" means "The Temple of the Eye".

Sankara Nethralaya receives patients from India and internationally. Sankara Nethralaya does not discriminate on the basis of wealth.

Shri Nani A. Palkivala, former Indian Ambassador to USA, described Sankara Nethralaya as the "Best Managed Charitable organization in India". Sankara Nethralaya has 1000 employees and serves 1200 patients per day, performing 100 surgeries per day.

History

It was in 1976 when addressing a group of doctors, His Holiness Sri Jayendra Saraswathi, the Sankaracharya of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam spoke of the need to create a hospital with a missionary spirit.

His words marked the beginning of a long journey to do God's own work.

On the command of His Holiness, Dr. Sengamedu Srinivasa Badrinath, along with a group of philanthropists founded a charitable not-for-profit eye hospital...

One that would bring world-class eye care to the people of India. One that would adopt a single standard of care for all, rich or poor. One that would share the fruits of its knowledge and spread its concept of care to distant parts of this country. In a solemn function held at the premises of the Vijaya Hospital with Semmangudi Srinivasa Aiyer offering the prayer, Mrs (Dr) T Agarwal inaugurated the project.

On the auspicious day of Vinayaka Chaturthi, the sixth day of September in the year 1978, the hospital came into existence.

It was named Sankara Nethralaya, which means "The Temple of the Eye". The long journey for vision with a mission began.

Awards and Recognitions

Sankara Nethralaya has won the "Corporate Citizen Award" in "The Economic Times Awards for Corporate Excellence 2007".

Sankara Nethralaya has been adjudged "the Best Eye Hospital in India", by a survey conducted by OUTLOOK MAGAZINE (July 2002), THE WEEK-MAGAZINE (April 2005) and more recently by a survey conducted by THE WEEK-MAGAZINE (April 2007).

External links

* [http://www.sankaranethralaya.org/ Official website]


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