Aravind Eye Hospitals

Aravind Eye Care System is a world-renowned network of eye care facilities headquartered in Madurai, India. Founded in 1976 by Dr. G. Venkataswamy, it is famous for its high-volume, low-cost, and high-quality eye care delivery model, often compared to the efficiency of McDonald's. The organization operates several hospitals, community eye centers, and a manufacturing division called Aurolab that produces affordable ophthalmic products. Aravind's mission is to eliminate needless blindness by providing services to all, regardless of their ability to pay, using a self-sustaining cross-subsidy model. It is recognized as one of the largest providers of eye care in the world, performing hundreds of thousands of surgeries annually while maintaining clinical outcomes comparable to top Western institutions.