Corporate Manager at Susrut Eye Foundation & Research Centre - Kolkata, West Bengal, India
In the year 1998, Dr. Sunil Chandra Bagchi and Dr. Ratish Chandra Paul founded Susrut Eye Foundation & Research Centre with a vision to eradicate blindness and make this world a beautiful place to those who are still in darkness. They realized the necessity of a team, an organization to overcome the insurmountable load of blindness in our country. Today, we are a leading non-profit organization dedicated to providing eye care and rehabilitate people of all ages suffering from ophthalmic problems. In this journey, Susrut Eye Foundation has proved itself as one of the best tertiary eye care institutes in Eastern India.In the year 1999, Susrut Eye Foundation and Research Centre used to serve only 80 to 90 patients in the outpatient department, whereas in 2006 it in augurated a 9 storied building, adjacent to the first building in Salt Lake, to accommodate more patients.The first building was converted into inpatient department (ward and operation theatre). As of June 2019, we are serving on an average 1000 patients in OPD and 100 patients in IPD per day.Susrut Eye Foundation & Research Centre's strength lies in its human resources; we have a self driven team of passionate, skilled and efficient Ophthalmologists, Optometrists, dedicated nurses and staffs.we have a state-of-the-art infrastructure which complies with the international standards.We also have a very strong teaching and training component as a part of our comprehensive ophthalmic service commitment. We are training ophthalmologists (postgraduate DNB, fellowships in all ophthalmic subspecialities and international trainees), optometrists and ophthalmic assistants.