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{{Short description|Indian hospital chain}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Dr. Agarwal's Eye Hospital Limited
| logo = Dr. Agarwal's Eye Hospital.svg
| image =
| image_caption =
| type = [[Public limited company|Public]]
| traded_as = {{BSE|526783}}
| ISIN = {{ISIN|sl=n|pl=y|INE934C01018}}
| foundation = {{start date and age|df=yes|1957}}
| founders = [[Jaiveer Agarwal]]<br>Tahira Agarwal
| hq_location_city = [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]]
| hq_location_country = India
| num_locations =
| industry = [[Healthcare]]
| products = [[Ophthalmology]]
| area_served = India, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia
| key_people = [[Amar Agarwal|Dr. Amar Agarwal]] (MD)
| revenue =
| operating_income =
| net_income =
| num_employees =
| homepage = {{URL|www.dragarwal.com}}
}}
'''Dr. Agarwal's Eye Hospital''' is a chain of eye specialty hospitals in India, headquartered in [[Chennai]]. It was founded by [[Jaiveer Agarwal|Dr. Jaiveer Agarwal]] and his wife Dr. Tahira Agarwal as an eye care centre in Chennai. It has grown to 180+ centres across India and 15 centres overseas.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://healthcare.financialexpress.com/200807/coverstory09.shtml|title= Insight into Healthcare - Dr Agarwal's Eye Hospital, Chennai|date=July 2008|work=[[The Financial Express (India)]]}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-08-05 |title=Dr Agarwals acquires five eye hospitals in Pune |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/dr-agarwals-acquires-five-eye-hospitals-in-pune/article65732164.ece |access-date=2022-08-05 |website=www.thehindubusinessline.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=110+ Eye Hospitals - Find Eye Hospitals Near You for Eye Check-up & Treatment Online |url=https://www.dragarwal.com/eye-hospitals/ |access-date=2022-08-05 |website=Dr. Agarwals |language=en-US}}</ref>

[[Amar Agarwal|Dr. Amar Agarwal]] is the chairman and managing director of Dr. Agarwal's Eye Hospital.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://health.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/hospitals/interview-dr-amar-agarwal-chairman-md-dr-agarwals-eye-hospital-chennai/49282756|title=Interview: Dr. Amar Agarwal, Chairman & MD, Dr. Agarwal's Eye Hospital, Chennai - ET HealthWorld|last=www.ETHealthworld.com|website=ETHealthworld.com|language=en|access-date=2019-07-11}}</ref>

==Founder==
[[Jaiveer Agarwal]] born on 24 September 1930 along with his family members lead this hospital. He was the founder and chairperson of this hospital and also the recipient of the national award [[Padma Bhushan]] from [[APJ Abdul Kalam]] in March, 2006.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/padma-awards-presented/article3167353.ece|title= Padma Awards presented|date=21 March 2006|work=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> His wife Tahira Agarwal and son [[Amar Agarwal]] are both ophthalmologists. Jaiveer Agarwal died on 16 November 2009.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://healthcare.financialexpress.com/200912/market41.shtml|title= Founder of Dr Agarwal's Eye Hospital Passes Away|date=November 2009|work=[[The Financial Express (India)]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/Ophthalmologist-Jaiveer-Agarwal-passes-away/article16892538.ece|title=Ophthalmologist Jaiveer Agarwal passes away|date=16 November 2009|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|first=Ramya|last=Kannan|access-date=19 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Services at Dr. Agarwal's Eye Hospital|url=http://www.dragarwal.com/services/services.php|publisher=Dr. Agarwal's Eye Hospital|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221050010/http://www.dragarwal.com/services/services.php|archive-date=2014-02-21}}</ref>

==Centres==
===India===
[[File:Dr.Agarwal Eye Hospital.JPG|thumb|A branch of Dr. Agarwal's Eye Hospital in [[Chennai]].]]
Dr. Agarwal's Eye Hospital has 167 branches across 17 states in India. Some of the relevant are 18 each in [[Chennai]] and 20+ in rest of [[Tamil Nadu]], eleven branches in [[Bengaluru]], 10 branches in [[Hyderabad]] (Telangana - Dilsukhnagar, Gachibowli, Himayat Nagar, Madeenaguda, Mehdipatnam, Panjagutta, Santhosh Nagar, Secunderabad, Kukatpally & Uppal), 8 in Andhra Pradesh (Guntur, Nellore, Tirupati, Rajahmundry and Visakhapatnam (Main),<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/dr-agarwals-eye-hospital-enters-ap/article3401314.ecep|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140219162216/http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/dr-agarwals-eye-hospital-enters-ap/article3401314.ecep|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 February 2014|title=Dr Agarwal's Eye Hospital entered Andhra Pradesh with five branches|date=9 May 2012|work=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> one branch each in [[Jaipur]] (Rajasthan), [[Port Blair]], Two branches in Kerala (Thiruvananthapuram & Kottayam), two branches in [[Kolkata]], three branches in the rest of [[Karnataka]] (Hubli and Mysore), two branches in [[Odisha]] (Cuttack and Bhubaneswar), 20 branches in Maharashtra (Pune, Vashi, Tardeo, Chembur and many more), 3 branches in Madhya Pradesh (Palasia, Annapurna, Ashta and 6 branch in Gujarat (Ahmedabad, Bhavnagar, Surat
and Vapi).<ref>{{cite web|title=Dr. Agarwal's Eye Hospitals Branches|url=http://www.dragarwal.com/branches.php|publisher=Dr. Agarwal's Eye Hospital|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223100603/http://www.dragarwal.com/branches.php|archive-date=2014-02-23}}</ref>

On 6 November 2019, a new facility is launched at Raja Rajeshwari Nagar, Bengaluru.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dr Agarwal's eye hospital launches new facility at Raja Rajeswari Nagar|url=https://medicaldialogues.in/bengaluru-dr-agarwals-eye-hospital-launches-new-facility-at-raja-rajeswari-nagar/ |publisher= Medical Dialogues|date=2019-11-06}}</ref>

On 5 August 2022, it announced the [[Mergers and acquisitions|acquisition]] of five hospitals in Maharashtra.<ref name=":0" />

===Overseas===
Dr. Agarwal's Eye Hospital has one branch in [[Ghana]] ([[Accra]]), one branch in [[Kenya]] ([[Nairobi]]), one branch in [[Madagascar]] ([[Antananarivo|Anatananarivo]]), three branches in [[Mauritius]] ([[Ebene, Mauritius|Ebene]], [[Centre de Flacq|Centre De Flacq]] and [[Goodlands, Mauritius|Goodlands]]), two branches in [[Mozambique]] ([[Beira, Mozambique|Beira]] and [[Maputo]]), one branch in [[Nigeria]] ([[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]]), two branches in [[Rwanda]] ([[Kigali]] and [[Rusizi District|Rusizi]]), one branch in [[Tanzania]] ([[Dar es Salaam|Dar Es Salaam]]), one branch in [[Uganda]] ([[Kampala]]) and two in [[Zambia]] ([[Kitwe]] and [[Lusaka]]).<ref name=":1" />

==See also==
* [[Healthcare in Chennai]]

== References ==
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