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Main Hospital
Capacity Improvements
Free Hospital
Total 1471929 candidates screened Total 2184043 candidates screened with 115290 surguries performed in with 220409 surguries performed in 16 years 16 years Compounded Average growth in the Compounded Average growth in the number of screening visits is 21.74% number of screening visits is 42.22% & in number of surgeries is 33.77% & in number of surgeries is 30.10% Average surgery Time 15 minutes Average surgery Time 15 minutes
Fresh patients penetration = 47.46% Fresh patients penetration (1992) = 64.23% (1992) Delivery of Key processes Both ICCE & ECCE surgeries conducted Patients screened on basis of treatment required Managing resources Primarily ICCE surgeries conducted Patients screened on basis of treatment required
Three types of accomodation Class Primary accomadation A,B,C Total Bed capacity is 564 Total Bed capacity is 1224 Bed occupancy (6 months -1992) is 57.80% Bed occupancy (6 months -1992) is 73.77%
Refraction
Camps: Optical shops ( as required) / sent to base hospital Hospitals: Specialty cases/Optometry room/In-patient admission for cataract surgery
Contd
Ophthalmic staff work as follows: Record vision of patients Note doctors preliminary diagnosis of the patient Test patient for ocular tension, tear duct function and refraction tests Assist doctor in surgery Ophthalmologist s pay: Rs 80,000
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Nurses - Recruited and trained from scratch, not from the typical nursing school The staff is a dedicated team enjoying a symbiotic relation with the hospital Commitment and dedication to the mission of Aravind eye hospital drives them Every saturday and sunday, teams of doctors and support staff with diagnostic equipment reached out to rural population through eye camps
Dr Vs Role
Founded this private, non-profit eye hospital to provide quality eye care at reasonable cost. Mortgaged his house to raise the capital required to start Highly motivated to serve the society in a big way - Reached out to poor villagers Dedication and devotion to the practice Encouraged doctors to attend conferences, publish papers and advance their professional standing in the field Resolution to provide 100% IOL surgeries to all paying and free patients Goal is to spread Aravind model across India, Asia and Africa
83 camps organized
Problems:
Occupancy rate of hospital is uneven Mon, Tues, Wendesday overflowing with patients; Thurs and Friday slack Inspite of improvements in facilities and capacity, the Tirunelveli hospital was not financially self-sufficient; unable to repay the cost of capital Employees pay not on par as in the sector Eye camps: How to organize, create propaganda and plan logistics
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Madurai had high occupancy rate of 82% Maybe the paying class perceived these 2 satellite hospitals to be of lower quality. Free Hospitals Bed capacity Beds occupied per day on average Occupancy Tirunelveli hospital 200 154 77% Theni hospital 60 28 46.6%
Demand exists but not able to reach out to target community due to lack of effective channels
Despite recommendation for surgery, people didnt turn up in hospital Reasons: Affordability, fear, noone to accompany, cost of lens, family opposition Solution: 1. Sponsors to bear costs 2. Transported in groups 3. Developing support groups 4. Providing assurance 5. Construction of a new facility to reduce costs of lens further
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