Hospital Locations

Overview

Aravind Eye Hospital, Tirunelveli

Overview

To cater to the large volume of patients coming from the southern part of the state, a centre was established at Tirunelveli in 1988. It has facilities to accommodate 150 paying and 350 free patients. The hospital is an accredited teaching institution.

In the year ending March 2022, Aravind- Tirunelveli handled over 585,597 outpatient visits and performed over 58,142 surgeries.

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Base Hospital

Aravind Eye Hospital - Tirunelveli
7:30 am to 5:00 pm : All days except Sunday
S.N. High Road, Tirunelveli Jn. 627 001, Tamil Nadu, India
(0462) 435 6100
tvl.aravind@aravind.org
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Emergency care is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Community Clinics

Aravind Eye Hospital - Sankarankovil
9.00 am - 5.00 pm : All days except Sunday
214, South Chariot Street, Near Sankara Narayana Temple Sankarankovil - 627 756, Tamil Nadu, India
(04636) 222055
cc_snkl@aravind.org
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Our Doctors

Doctors, Aravind-Tirunelveli

Advisor

Chief Medical Officer

Dr. R. Meenakshi, DO, DNB
CATARACT SERVICES
Chief
Dr. Shivakumar Chandrashekharan, MS
Medical Consultants
Dr. M. Sherin Haroon, MS
Dr. Aditi Ghosh, MS
Dr. Hanumanthu Sameera, MS
Dr. M. Bharadwaja, DO MS
Dr.Meet Sharma, DO
CORNEA & REFRACTIVE SURGERY SERVICES
Chief
Dr. V. Anitha, DNB, FAICO
Medical Consultants
Dr. Aditya Sanjeev Ghorpade, MS
Dr. Veena Patwardhan, MS
Dr. P.Mathuri, MS
Dr. Aditee Madkaikar DNB
GENERAL OPHTHALMOLOGY SERVICES
Chief
Dr. R. Ramakrishnan, MS, DO
Medical Consultants
Dr. Kavya, DO DNB
Dr. Gomathy Nayagam, MS
Dr. Haridas, DO DNB
Dr. Swanand Pradhan, DO DNB
GLAUCOMA SERVICES
Chief
Dr. Mohideen Abdul Kader, DNB
Medical Consultants
Dr. R. Ramakrishnan, MS
Dr. R. Aarthy, MS
Dr. R. Madhavi, DNB
Dr. Lopamudra Biswal, MS
Dr. Techi Dodum Tara, MS
Dr. Nimrita Nagdev, MS
LOW VISION & VISION REHABILITATION CENTRE
Chief
Dr. A. Fathima, MS

Chief Medical Officer

Dr. R. Meenakshi, DO, DNB
NEURO-OPHTHALMOLOGY SERVICES
Chief
Dr. S. Padmavathy, MS
ORBIT, OCULOPLASTY & OCULAR ONCOLOGY & OCULAR PROSTHETIC SERVICES
Chief
Dr. V. Maneksha, MS
PAEDIATRIC OPHTHALMOLOGY & ADULT STRABISMUS SERVICES
Chief
Dr. R. Meenakshi, DO, DNB
Medical Consultants
Dr. A. Fathima, MS
RETINA-VITREOUS SERVICES
Chief
Dr. Syed Mohideen Abdul Khadar, MS
Medical Consultants
Dr. Sayli Gavaskar, MS
Dr. Akruti Gunderia, DNB
Dr. P. R. Aswin, MS
Dr. Shama Sharief, MS
Dr. Sadhana Jadav, MS
ANAESTHETISTS
Dr. G. L. Arun Muthukumar , MBBS, DNB

Vision Centres

Vision Centres, Aravind-Tirunelveli

Vision centres are small, permanent facilities that provide eye care services to remote and rural communities. Manned by ophthalmic technicians, these telemedicine-assisted centres allow patients in rural areas to consult ophthalmologists at the base hospital, thus eliminating the need for patients to travel to hospital (unless more advanced treatment is needed).

Vision centres managed by Aravind Eye Hospital, Tirunelveli:

In Tirunelveli District
In Tirunelveli District
In Tuticorin District

Current News

News & Events, Aravind-Tirunelveli

World Diabetes Day 2022

November 14 Aravind centres observed World Diabetes Day with a host of programmes to sensitize public on the importance of controlling diabetes and regular eye examination to prevent blindness due to diabetic retinopathy. Programmes included exclusive diabetic retinopathy screening camps, awareness rallies, seminars, talks, exhibitions, literary and drawing competitions in [...]

Hospital Day Celebration

The 3rd Hospital Day of Aravind-Kovilpatti was celebrated in a simple manner. Doctors, MLOPs and Admin staff members from Kovilpatti and a few staff from Aravind-Tirunelveli joined the celebration. Dr. Tanya Balakrishnan, Medical Consultant of Aravind- Kovilpatti presented the annual report in a nutshell.  This was followed by cultural programmes by paramedics, doctors [...]

National Eye Donation Fortnight

August 25-September 8 All the tertiary centres of Aravind observed the National Eye Donation Fortnight with a wide array of programmes. Activities were mainly intended to create awareness on eye donation amongst the public and included seminars, talks and rallies. Various NGOs were recognised for their unwavering support to the [...]

Fresher’s Day

Aravind – Tirunelveli, July 30 The newly joined post graduate doctors of Aravind-Tirunelveli celebrated freshers day with a variety of programmes. All the new post graduates introduced themselves to the gathering. Dr. R. Ramakrishnan and Dr. R. Meenakshi were the chief guests for the function who gave an inspiring speech [...]