Dr Agarwal's Eye Hospital aims to open 140 new centres by 2020

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Press Trust of India Hyderabad
Last Updated : Jun 22 2015 | 4:22 PM IST
Dr Agarwal's Eye Hospital plans to open 140 new care centres globally by 2020 from the existing 60, a top official said today.
"Agarwal's Eye Hospital is on a massive expansion. We now have 60 full-fledged eye hospitals in India including 12 in Africa and one in Cambodia. Our total target is by 2020, from 60 hospital group we will be touching 200 eye hospitals globally," Dr Amar Agarwal, Chairman and Managing Director of the Chennai-headquartered Dr Agarwal's Group of Eye Hospitals, told reporters here.
"We are looking at large investments. Rs 200 crore plus will be invested in first phase as part of this expansion plan. The amount will be raised through internal sources and debt...Raising money is not an issue...The aim is delivery of high quality eye care at the doorstep to everybody," he said.
"We are looking at opening 15-20 more centres in Africa besides Vietnam and Philippines," he said.
"Our aim is we will be building 30 hospitals spread across Telangana and Andhra Pradesh over the next three years at an investment of Rs 30-Rs 40 crore."
Earlier, Tollywood actor Rana Daggubati inaugurated a new branch of the hospital, the fifth in Hyderabad city.
Dr Agarwal's Group of Eye Hospitals currently has 2,500 people including 250 eye doctors, to provide quality eye care services round-the-clock.
"Between 7,000 to 10,000 surgeries are performed every month at Dr Agarwal's Group of Eye Hospitals and we are seeing daily OPD of 7,000 to 10,000 patients," Amar added.
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First Published: Jun 22 2015 | 4:22 PM IST

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