Maxivision Super Speciality Eye Hospitals (Maxivision), one of India’ s fastest-growing chain of private eye care hospitals, on Thursday announced the launching of its world-class Super Specialty Eye Hospital at Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu. Offering quality, affordable eye care services to over 5 million patients across 43 centres in six states across South and West India including Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat, Maxivision is one of the leading eye care chains in India, poised to be a 100-hospital network in 2025. Tamil Nadu Industries Minister T.R.B. Rajaa, inaugurated the hospital in the presence of School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi, Maxivision Promoter and Chairman Dr. GSK Velu, Director A Ganesan, Chief Executive officer VS Sudheer, Tamil Nadu Maxivision Regional Medical Director Dr.ShibuVarkey and Tanjore Maxivision Chief Medical Officer Dr.Sivavignesh, Hyderabad-based Maxivision said in a release here.
This launch was done as a part of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between Maxivision and the Government of Tamil Nadu earlier this month, ‘Project Velicham’. The Super Specialty Eye Hospital, with over 7000 square feet of space, with state-of-the-art ophthalmic surgical and diagnostic equipment. Equipped with three gold-standard, infection control theatres with modular HEPA filters, this centre is equipped with the world’s best technology equipment for advanced eye care treatments with an investment of over 4 Crores. The hospital will offer the entire gamut of eye care services which includes Cataract Surgery, Glaucoma Surgeries, Diabetic Retina lasers and surgeries, LASIK and Robotic eye surgeries, a specialty clinic for Diabetic Retinal issues, Oculoplasty, and Paediatric Eye Care. This centre will have a pharmacy and optical store with all types of prescription glasses, frames, and specialty lenses ranging from Rs.300 to 15000. Neuberg Diagnostics, our associate company and one of the leading reference laboratory chains will operate a 24/7 pathology collection centre in this hospital and home care services in pathology in and around Tanjore. Speaking on the occasion , Dr. GSK Velu, said “This is our first initiative post signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Government of Tamil Nadu. As a part of Project Velicham, Maxivision proudly dedicates this cutting-edge eye care hospital to the population of Tanjore and the neighbouring talukas.
This new hospital helps in our vision of responding to the increasing challenges of eye care in the state. The project Velicham also emphasises Women’s empowerment, he said that out staffing constitutes 70% of women in the total workforce at Tanjore Centre, reflecting Maxivision’s commitment to women’s empowerment and creating more workplace opportunities for them. Very Soon we will also invest in upgrading the technologies in this centre, to more Super Specialties, full time, so that people of Tanjore district need not travel to nearby large cities for any treatments in eye care, he added. Sudheer VS said “This state-of-the-art hospital will soon be a spoke to a Mega Super Tertiary Hub, which is planned to open in Trichy by October 2023 and in November we will also be opening at Perambalur, and Kumbakonam. To offer very systematic process-oriented eye care in all super specialties, he said in December, we will also be opening a mega Tertiary care centre in Madurai, and developing spokes for this centre in Tuticorin and Theni. This model of the hub-and-spoke ecosystem will also be launched in other cities of Tamil Nadu, like Salem, Erode, Dharmapuri, Coimbatore, Tiruppur, and Pollachi, with Tertiary, Secondary, and Vision Centres model in eye care. Apart from this Maxivision Tanjore will have a dedicated community ophthalmology team that will travel to deep rural villages of Tanjore, with handheld technology, to diagnose eye diseases early and help prevent blindness. BPL patients will be treated free or under a subsidized program funded by our Corporate Social Responsibility allocation, he added.