Within a short span of 10 years, the hospital has established itself as the biggest private sector hospital in Kerala. Patients from overseas such as Maldives, Middle East, UK and US are being regularly treated at the twin facilities , at Thiruvananthapuram and Ernakulam.
Simultaneously, a charitable trust working towards the prevention and elimination of blindness, has been started by the name, Chaithanya Sight Foundation. The Foundation in close association with the hospital has conducted close to 230 free rural eye camps. In these camps, several thousand persons are screened and if need be, intraocular lens implantation carried out free of charge. In association with Help Age India, the hospital did 250 cataract surgeries for poor patients. At present, a project to do free cataract surgeries for 1000 poor patients is ongoing. Awareness programmes are held regularly for rural population, school children, senior citizens etc.
The foundation also publishes ”Sight Kerala”, a magazine to promote eye care. Eminent Ophthalmologists and social workers contribute articles to the magazine.
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