Free eye care to the poorer sections

Radhatri Nethralaya, undertakes various philanthropic initiatives through its public charitable trust, 
Gurupriya Vision Research Foundation

About Us

Radhatri Nethralaya (RN) is a 16 year-old NABH accredited super speciality tertiary eye care hospital in T. Nagar, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India. At RN, we provide international standards of best medical and surgical eye care, with compassion and sensitivity to our patient’s needs, irrespective of socio-economic background. Our Public Charitable trust, Gurupriya Vision Research Foundation (GVRF) was launched in 2009, in keeping with this philosophy to ensure free eye care to the needy.

GVRF is recognised as a partner with the National programme of control of blindness (NPCB) of the Government of India for the elimination of preventable and treatable causes of blindness, especially in the field of cataract and childhood blindness. Our research work on injections in the eye in preterm babies with the blinding condition called ROP & the three year report on Project Vision on Wheels, our rural teleophthalmology project to combat ROP, were published in the prestigious Indian Journal of Ophthalmology as original articles: they are the largest series in the world as per Medline search.

Radhatri Nethralaya (RN), has a strong philanthropic vision and has a private-public partnership with the Govt. of Tamilnadu at The Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (IOG), Stanley, RSRM, Kilpauk Government Medical Colleges, and Gosha Hospital, Triplicane, Chennai for free screening and treatment of preterm babies with a blinding disorder known as Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP). Through its innovative Project Vision on Wheels, a rural teleophthalmology project, Radhatri Nethralaya under the aegis of GVRF prevents needless blindness in babies in far flung areas all over rural Tamil Nadu & Andhra Pradesh, and has screened more than one lakh fifty thousand babies till date by state-of-the-art hand held retinal cameras.

Radhatri Nethralaya is one of the top referral centers in the country for ROP, and has won several International awards and grants from USA, Switzerland, Nepal, Bangladesh and many National recognitions from Prestigious Governmental and Non-Governmental organisations and Medical associations such as IMA (Indian Medical Association), AIOS (All India Ophthalmic Society), ACOIN (Association of Community Ophthalmologists of India), WOS (All India Women Ophthalmic Society), TNOA (Tamil Nadu Ophthalmic Association) among others.

Our Vision

To be a skilled and compassionate eye care provider so that we could always support, comfort and guide our patients in their journey from darkness to light !

Our Mission

To bring the best basic and tertiary level eye care within the reach of every individual regardless of economic status and maintain international standards of excellence in diagnostic and therapeutic ophthalmology !

Gurupriya Vision Research Foundation

Radhatri Nethralaya (RN) is a 16 year-old NABH accredited super speciality tertiary eye care hospital in T. Nagar, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India. At RN, we provide international standards of best medical and surgical eye care, with compassion and sensitivity to our patient’s needs, irrespective of socio-economic background. Our Public Charitable trust, Gurupriya Vision Research Foundation (GVRF) was launched in 2009, in keeping with this philosophy to ensure free eye care to the needy.

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