Association for the Prevention of Blindness, Up

JL Rohatgi Memorial Eye Hospital (JL Rohatgi Hospital) is the largest and the oldest eye hospital, and training institute for ophthalmology in the Kan Read morepur region. The eye hospital was established as a unit of the Association for the Prevention of Blindness, Uttar Pradesh (UP), which was founded in Kanpur in 1946 with the mission to eradicate avoidable blindness in UP. Subsequently, an eye hospital was established in 1959 under the name of Kanpur Eye Hospital, which was later renamed Dr Jawahar Lal Rohatgi Memorial Eye Hospital. At present, the hospital's innovative eye care delivery system is recognized as a model for other developing eye hospitals. All patients are accorded the same care and high-quality service, regardless of their economic status, as a result of a unique fee system and effective management. The Hospital, which has the distinction of being a productive eye care organization, in terms of surgical volume and the number of patients treated, follow the principle that large volume combined with a high-quality service results in low cost and self-sustainability. With a vision, ‘To become state-of-the-art facility in providing affordable, accessible, equitable, and cutting-edge comprehensive healthcare services , the hospital is driven by its mission to provide quality healthcare services to the community with a special focus on women, children, and elderly. J L Rohatgi Hospital, a multi-speciality hospital has been serving the community since 1997 and strives to provide the highest quality of eye care services. Over the years, the hospital has continuously improved and provided affordable eye care services to all. The hospital’s biggest achievement has been the high number of appropriately treated and satisfied patients since the day of its inception. The institute has been conducting eye camps in Kanpur and surrounding districts for the last 60 years. It operates around 20,000 cases every year, out of which, 17,000 are free. The hospital provides complete facilities for the management of eye diseases. Apart from the regular eye out-patient department (OPD) where comprehensive eye examination is undertaken, the hospital also has a general wing. The general wing of the hospital has specialities of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics, Orthopedics, Otorhinolaryngology, General Surgery, Internal Medicine, and Physiotherapy. Quality and patient safety are core pillars of the hospital. To ensure quality standards, the hospital has a laboratory facility accredited by the National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL), a constituent board of Quality Council of India (QCI), and the hospital got pre-entry level accreditation by National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare (NABH) providers.