A Brief Profile
Venu Eye Hospital was set up by Dr. R.K. Seth under the aegis of the Venu Charitable Society in 1986 (even though work had started in 1980) to provide succour to the poor and needy in the field of eye care with the vision of providing ‘Good sight and Quality Life for all’. While compassionate eye care was Venu’s mantra, charity was its predominant way of working which was offset largely by individual and institutional donations and marginally by paid patients.
The Base Hospital at Delhi also referred to as the Venu Eye Hospital is the flagship hospital located on a 2.5-acre plot in Sheikh Sarai in South Delhi providing all ophthalmic OPD and IPD services to both the paying as well as the BPL (non-paying/subsidised) patients under one roof. In the last 40-plus years, Venu Eye Hospital has catered to nearly 85 lakh patients of which almost 65 lakh patients were provided all services either free of cost or at extremely subsidized rates.
The main principles which lie at the very foundation of Venu include the following:
- To provide modern preventive, curative and rehabilitative eye care services to people who have no access to eyecare facilities.
- To take eyecare services to the doorstep of the patient, rather than to wait for the patient to come to the hospital.
- to provide these services to one and all, regardless of caste, colour or creed, whether they can pay, pay a little or not pay at all.
- To provide the services with humility and care, always mindful of the dignity of the human spirit.
- To create an environment for training and professional growth.