Established
in 1983, starting with only two
rooms and four staffs, including
Dr. S.P. Dhital as only a doctor
within Government Hospital (Bhim
Hospital) premises, today Lumbini
Eye Institute (LEI) has evolved
from a small eye clinic to one of
the leading and most successful
eye care center among several eye
hospitals run under Nepal Netra
Jyoti Sangh in Nepal. It is also
considered as one of the finest
example of self-sustainable eye
care facility in entire South Asia.
The
Institute boasts a cadre of adequate
experienced ophthalmologists and
has a good back–up of paramedical
staffs. 215 bedded this hospital
serves more than 550 OPD patients
and perform, 75 to 170 different
types of eye surgeries daily.
In order to share the expertise
& experiences and for the transfer
of skill, LEI is building institutional
linkages in countries like Tibet,
Cambodia, etc.
