As per the provisional results of Population Census 2001, the population of Gujarat on March 2001,stood at 5.06 crore, of this 10,45,465 were disabled

The most common cause of blindness in India is cataract, which can be remedied by surgery; 20% suffer from refractive errors, which can be rectified with glasses. Most tragic of all, however, is childhood blindness, often caused by simple Vitamin A deficiencies. The impact of being blind is enormous, both personally and socially. It robs the blind of independence and education opportunities, and puts great burden on the family, society, and social and health services.

Despite having a huge private healthcare sector, India has to address the question of how to provide a healthcare infrastructure that is accessible to the millions of poor.

Sankara Eye Care Institutions, have a proven track record for providing State of the Art Community Eye Care Service with Model Outreach Program. Their success rate for cataract surgeries has been 99%!

With your support, Sankara Eye Hospital will be built in Anand, Gujarat to help eradicate curable blindness in this part of India.

7th June 2007 - Bhoomi pooja - Sankara Eye Hospital, Anand

In line with a broader mission of enabling Vision 20/20 by year 2020, the first step for building a state of the art eye hospital in Gujarat was taken on Thursday the 7th of June '07 between 7.30 am and 9.00 am. , with the Bhoomi Pooja for the Sankara Eye Hospital, Anand. Mr Srivatsan our Honorary Director, Project Vision 2020, attended the function on behalf of the Sankara Eye Care Institution.

The hospital is being established mainly through the fundraising efforts of SEF, USA and with support from philanthropists and international and national NGO’s involved in community health care.

The hospital once functional would play a large role in alleviating the more than 500,000 blind population.