Dr.K.Ramachandra Murthy
Started the trustFounder of Sri Keshava Trust (Vittala International Institute of Ophthalmology)
Dr.K.Ramachandra Murthy is the started the trust of Sri Keshava Trust (Vittala International Institute of Ophthalmology)[1], an Indian non-profit working on healthcare from Bengaluru.
Sri Keshava Trust (Vittala International Institute of Ophthalmology)
Sri Keshava Trust was started by Dr K Ramachandra Murthy in 1988 to provide eye healthcare to people who need it most in and around Bengaluru. It began with diagnostic and treatment camps in five rural areas before the Vittala International Institute of Ophthalmology was set up on land granted by the Karnataka government in 1998, supported by thousands of individual donors. The institute now runs an established eye hospital offering cataract, vitreoretinal, cornea and contact-lens services.
Sri Keshava Trust (Vittala International Institute of Ophthalmology) reports the following, on its own site:
- 41,956 patients treated on the NAYANA mobile eye-care van as on date
- 200+ doctors trained through the NAYANA programme
- Organisations
- 1
- Based in
- Bengaluru
- Founded
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- Press
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References
- [1] “The trust was started by Dr.K.Ramachandra Murthy in a” — Sri Keshava Trust (Vittala International Institute of Ophthalmology). Source
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