As part of expanding eye care services to the needy, Aravind opened a tertiary centre in Salem in 2011. The hospital serves people from Salem, Namakkal, Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri. The 75 – bedded hospital sprawls an area of 42,000 sq.ft and provides all the speciality services in eye care.  The hospital is an accredited teaching institution.

In the year ending March 2018, Aravind- Salem handled 172,021 outpatient visits and performed 20,012 surgeries.