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K. G. Eye Hospital
K G Eye Hospital is part of the 300 Bed Super Speciality KG Hospital.
The Year -- 1995, The Place -- Coimbatore, The vision -- that of Shri K. Govindasamy Naidu to provide modern facilities to all those who need it. In particular that of restoring the invaluable gift of vision to the sightless. One man’s vision and the dedication of all the people working towards it has made K. G. Eye Hospital what it is today one of the finest eye care centres in the region.
K. G. Eye Hospital is a tribute to its founder and his desire to help the blind. K. G. Eye Hospital aims to bring vision within the reach of the sightless. K.G Eye Hospital is a pioneer in introducing the concept of free Intra Ocular Lens implantation surgeries for all cataracts. In 1995 a prestigious project called “Everything for Vision” was started to perform 5000 Intra Ocular Lens Implantation cataract surgeries every year. The Project covers districts of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Pondicherry.
K. G. Eye Hospital organises 15 to 20 free rural eye camps every month. At K.G. Eye Camps the patients are screened for cataracts and the selected patients after preliminary work-up are brought to the base hospital for Intra Ocular Lens Implantation surgery. These patients are provided with transportation, food, accommodation, surgery with IOL implants, pre and post operative medicines - all 100% FREE of cost. They are reviewed twice post operatively.
Here is a summary of our services for 1995 through March of 2000.
| Year | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |
| Camps | 94 | 107 | 118 | 142 | 137 | 55 |
| Surgeries | 3927 | 2094 | 2450 | 4965 | 5638 | 1680 |
From the year 2000 onwards, it is planned to do a minimum of 10,000 surgeries every year. Our project is mainly funded by KG Medical Trust and partly by other service organizations like Lions Club International, District Blindness Control Society etc.The success of the project and the joy of a person able to see again are of tremendous encouragement, but the true goal of extending this service to every needy person in the country can only be achieved by the involvement of philanthropists, industrialists, financial institutions, community-oriented organizations and every public-spirited citizen.
At present a 200 Bed Eye Hospital Complex is being constructed exclusively for the Poor Blind Patients with Cataract. It is a 3 Crore Project.
