Akhand Jyoti Eye Hospital (AJEH) was established in Bihar in 2005. It is the largest eye hospital in eastern India, and among the top five hospitals in India providing free eye care services. AJEH is headquartered in Mastichak, a rural area about 50 kms from Patna. AJEH prioritizes cases of bilateral blindness (blindness in both eyes) due to a high prevalence of this condition in the region. Akhand Jyoti Eye Hospital also has outreach centers in Patna and the districts of Balia, Samastipur and Purnea.

AKHAND JYOTI CENTER OF EXCELLENCE
Mega Hospital - Estimated Completion 2022

‍Sankara Eye Foundation is partnering with Akhand Jyoti Eye Hospital to construct the Akhand Jyoti Center of Excellence (AJCoE), a 300-bed hospital in the vicinity of the existing AJEH hospital in Mastichak, Bihar.  AJEH CoE is expected to double the free eye surgery capacity in Mastichak and establish itself as a leading hospital in Bihar. It is expected to provide high-quality, free eye care services to the local area, along with the neighboring districts of Patna, Balia, Purnea, and Samastipur.

The project is expected to be completed in 2022 and to ramp up to its full capacity of 80,000 free surgeries by 2023-2024. The project is expected to become operationally self-sustaining by 2027-2028 based on the 80:20 ratio of free to paid surgeries.
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Sri Sai Lions Netralaya (SSLN) in Patna, Bihar, was established in 2004 as a 10-bed facility, and has grown since then to its current capacity of 150 beds. Bihar lacked charitable institutions providing free cataract surgeries and quality eye care services to the poverty-stricken population. Sri Sai Lions aimed to fulfill this gap, and is now positioned for greater growth in partnership with Sankara Eye Foundation.

Sri Sai Lions currently has a free eye surgery capacity of 20,000 eye surgeries annually. It performed 1,701 surgeries in the year 2021-22, of which 1,697 were for Sankara Eye Foundation.
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Vivekananda Netralaya in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, is a branch of the Ramakrishna Mission (RKM) headquartered in Belur Math. It was established as a new service hospital in mid-2018 with a mission to provide eye care services in the Dehradun area as well as the more sparsely populated hilly districts of Garhwal region. This includes Tehri Garhwal, Pauri Garhwal, Haridwar, Dehradun, Rudraprayag, and Uttarkashi, along with the surrounding border areas of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, and Himachal Pradesh.

In keeping with the overall vision of the Ramakrishna Mission, Vivekananda Netralaya aims to provide free cataract surgeries and other eye care services to the needy populations within its service area. The facility is spread over 26,000 square feet with newly constructed buildings and modern equipment designed to provide a wide spectrum of eye care services. It is housed on Ramakrishna Mission’s 11-acre campus in Dehradun, along with its Ashrama and a non-formal school for underprivileged children.‍‍

The Trilochan Netralaya in Sambalpur, Odisha, is operated by Vision India Foundation (VIF), a Trust set up in the year 2008 by Dr. Shiva Prasad Sahoo. Its goal is to eliminate cases of preventable blindness, especially among the underprivileged people of rural Odisha, with an emphasis on serving tribal and hard to reach areas.

Since its inception, VIF has set up three eye care units in Odisha, one each in the districts of Sambalpur, Jagatsinghpur, and Kalahandi, serving a total of 18 districts with a population of about 23 million. The two units in Sambalpur and Kalahandi predominantly cater to the ophthalmologic needs of around 1.5 crore people in western Odisha, where access to health care services is rarely available to the poor.

VIF currently operates on an 85:15 ratio of free to paid surgeries.‍‍

The HV Desai Eye Hospital was established in Pune, Maharashtra, by The Poona Blind Men’s Association in the year 2000. It is a 95 bed non profit comprehensive Eye Care Institute, providing services at the base hospital as well as through outreach programs. Besides Pune, the hospital also serves the neighboring districts of Jalna, Aurangabad, Osmanabad, Beed, Nasik, Raigad, Satara, Solapur and Ahmednagar.

Super-specialty services in cornea, vitreo retina, medical retina, glaucoma, oculoplasty, low vision, contact lens and pediatric ophthalmology treatment are also provided. The hospital also provides post graduate and paramedical training for technicians.

Nanritam’s Lokeshwarananda Eye Foundation hospital is located at Para, a village in the Purulia District of West Bengal. It was established in 2008 and grew from a six bed eye hospital to a 100 bed super-specialty eye hospital in 2012. Currently, Nanritam caters to about 200,000 patients annually and provides 90% of them with free surgeries. Besides Purulia, the hospital serves the districts of Bankura, Howrah, Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Dhanbad, Deoghar, Bokaro, and West Midnapur, among others.‍‍