| L V Prasad Eye Institute | |
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 LVPEI Hyderabad | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | L V Prasad Marg, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, Telangana, India |
| Coordinates | 17°25′29″N 78°25′39″E / 17.424643°N 78.427513°E |
| Organisation | |
| Funding | Non-profit hospital |
| Type | Specialist; Ophthalmology |
| Services | |
| History | |
| Opened | 1987 |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.lvpei.org |
| Lists | Hospitals in India |
The L V Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) is an eye-care network, established by Dr. Gullapalli Nageswara Rao, an ophthalmologist, at Hyderabad, in 1986. It is a non-profit, multi-campus, non-governmental institution.[1] With more than 275 eye-care centres in India, it is the largest eye-care network in the world.[2]
LVPEI is a World Health Organization (WHO) collaborating centre, and an affiliate hospital of Harvard Medical School.[3] It is the first eye hospital to be accredited by the National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers (NABH).
- ^ Khan, Arshia (30 December 2011). "Dr Gullapalli N Rao: Unwinding the reserved and rigorous". ModernMedicare.co.in. Archived from the original on 11 July 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
- ^ "L. V. Prasad Eye Institute: Innovating the Business of Eye Care".
- ^ "L V Prasad Eye Institute". eye.hms.harvard.edu.