ARAVIND EYE CARE SYSTEM

KOHINOOR BUSINESS SCHOOL, KHANDALA

 BACKGROUND-
vFounded in 1976 by Dr. Govinda Vankataswamy(Dr.
V).
v1978- 70 bed free hospital was open to provide poor
with quality care.
vIn 2004 ARAVIND EYE CARE SYSTEM started
providing eye care facility at
Madurai,Theni,Tirunelveli,Coimbatore and
Pondicherry.
vRecognized as world’s most productive eye hospital
handling the largest patient volume.
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 FACTS-
vMore than 20 million blind people in India and only 4
million surgeries are performed every year.
vOver 75% blindness is due to cataract.
vTwo type of cataract surgery.
 1- ICCE(intra capsular surgery),
 2- ECCE(extra capsular surgery).
vinfection rate- 4 per 10,000(6 per 10,000 in U.K.).
v20% population need glasses .
v1% has cataract.
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v VISION-
vEliminate needless blindness by providing quality
service in reasonable price to all.
 OPERATION-
vTwo sections-
 1- main hospital for paid patients,
 2- free hospital for non paying patients.
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vSeries of steps- registration recording vision
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 preliminary
examination
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 testing of tension & tear duct

function
 Conti……………
vTwo section were same in few aspect as well as
different in few aspect.
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vOperation theater- two table side by side(reduces
surgery time from 30 minutes, industry standard,
to 10 minute).
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vOrganizes camps to attracts rural
customers(patients go additional process of B.P.
and urine sugar test).
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vRecruit nurses from nearby villages(hunger to do
some good, not trained as nurse, not able to get
job elsewhere).
vIn 1991, ARAVIND set up a factory to produce 60,000
inocular lenses per year(reduces cost of glass from
800 rs to 200 rs).
vRecently company started manufacturing sutures
and other item used in surgeries.
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Role of operation in
meeting vision-
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vCost cutting(factory setup, mass surgery).
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vReduced time per patient(infrastructure,
management).
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vMass surgery(help in achieving higher surgery
everyday).
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vCamp organized in rural areas(attracted people to
come forward with their problems)
STRATEGY-
vA-3
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 A1- availability,
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 A2- acceptability,
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 A3- affordability.
ADVANTAGES-
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vReduced cost,
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vIncreased output,
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vSaves time,
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vAffordable to everyone.
 DISADVANTAGE-
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vCapital requirement,
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vOrganizational management,
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vSkilled manpower,
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vCooperation between employee at different
hierarchy level.
REPLICATION OF
SYSTEM-
 Delivering vision of
hospital-
v60 hours a week instead of 30 hours, industry
standard.
 started doing 400 operation per month by one
doctor instead of 25.
vProper infrastructure-
 allows doctor to do more operation in less time.
vMass awareness.
vCost cutting-
 set up their own factory to manufacture lenses
(bring prices down from 800 to 200).
 PROBLEM-
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To retain it’s doctor,
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Mass awareness,
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Organizing camps,
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Capital requirement,
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Prepared by-
 yugesh kumar dubey
 Kohinoor Business School, Khandala
 email id-
yogiraj.198550@gmail.com