One of Coimbatore’s leading super speciality eye hospitals, The Eye Foundation at RS Puram has recently undergone a significant expansion to provide its services to a larger number of patients.
Dr. Ramamurthy, Chairman and Managing Director of The Eye Foundation chaired a press conference on 27th December 2024 to announce the developments made through this expansion.
In the press meeting, he said, “We have added a new block adjacent to our old one with Ground + 5 floors (60,000 sq.ft) and together with the existing block (70,000 sq.ft) we now have more than 1.2 lakh sq.ft. space. This is a large tertiary care eye centre that can easily handle 1200-1300 patients per day. Previously it was 800+ per day.”
The 1st and 2nd floors both offer cataract, and cornea services while the 2nd also offers oculoplasty (an ophthalmic plastic surgery related to the eye and its surrounding structures). The 3rd floor offers refractive and lasik care and a Lasik Operation Theatre.
The 4th floor houses a dedicated pediatric ophthalmology centre (with 4 dedicated pediatric ophthalmologists) besides neuro, ophthalmology and glaucoma and a myopia clinic. Besides this, a children’s play area is also included on this floor. The 5th floor offers dedicated retina care and laser procedures.
The expanded facility features enhanced waiting areas, 40 consultation rooms, 60 optometry cubicles, 10 state-of-the-art operation theatres (with 3 dedicated to cataracts), 15 investigation rooms and ophthalmic labs, and 40 executive inpatient rooms (inpatient services can be availed at the existing block.
Around 100 patients can avail the service at a time) comfortable daycare units, 4 optical outlets and pharmacy units and a dedicated multi-level car parking that can provide space to park 120 cars. The campus has additional parking facilities to park 200 two-wheelers.
Ramamurthy said that once patients reach the main atrium, a team of 8 receptionists would attend them immediately to hear about their eye care requirements. If it is a general eye test and treatment they would be sent to the existing block and if they need special care, they would be directed to the specific specialty floor.
Each floor has the entire infrastructure needed for specialized care. This helps patients to get all the care they need on the very same floor.
The Chairman underlined that the cost of care in this new block will be the same as the existing one. “Whatever we charged for procedures earlier would be applicable here.
Our goal is to reach more patients through this expansion. At The Eye Foundation, cost is not a constraint. We offer free cataract surgeries to patients, at least 15 patients per day via Rajalakshmi Nethralaya, the charitable wing of The Eye Foundation. Through our own system and also with assistance from Rotary, we extend our care to the needy. Our objective is that none should leave the hospital without getting treated,” he added.
The new block will be inaugurated on Sunday at 6 p.m. at a ceremony scheduled to be held at Rajasthani Sangh in R.S.Puram. T.V. Mohandas Pai, Chairman of Aarin Capital Partners will be the Chief Guest.
M. Krishnan, Chief Managing Director, Sri Krishna Sweets, Dr Rajasekaran, Chairman, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Ganga Hospital and Srinivasan Ravi, Chief Managing Director, Craftsman Automation will be the Guests of Honour.
