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The '''Egmore Eye Hospital''', officially the '''Regional Institute of Ophthalmology and Government Ophthalmic Hospital''', is a public eye hospital in [[Chennai]], [[India]]. Considered the oldest eye hospital in [[Asia]], the institute was established in 1819{{sfn|BJN, 1947}} and is the second oldest hospital of its kind, next only to the [[Moorfield Eye Hospital]] in the [[United Kingdom]].{{sfn|Muthiah, 2014|pp=372–373}}{{sfn|Parthasarathy, ''The Hindu'' 16 October 2012}}

The hospital is associated with the prestigious [[Government General Hospital]] and [[Madras Medical College]], Chennai and is affiliated to the [[Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University]].

==History==
The hospital was originally founded in the neighbourhood of [[Royapettah]] (on the grounds of the present-day Wesley Church) in 1819 as the Madras Eye Infirmary (MEI).{{sfn|Muthiah, 2014|p=372}} The first to initiate the idea of a hospital was Dr. Travers, a surgeon in London with the [[East India Company]], and in July 1819 Dr. Robert Richardson, another surgeon, came to Madras to establish the hospital.{{sfn|Parthasarathy, ''The Hindu'' 16 October 2012}} Modelled on [[Moorfield Eye Hospital]] in [[London]], the hospital expanded under the leadership of Drake Brodeman from 1873.{{sfn|Muthiah, 2014|p=372}} Although established in Royapettah, by 1820, the hospital was shifted to [[Egmore]], where it occupied a tram shed until 1884, when the hospital was shifted to the present-day location, where it became known as the Government Ophthalmic Hospital from 1886.{{sfn|Muthiah, 2014|pp=372–373}}{{sfn|Parthasarathy, ''The Hindu'' 16 October 2012}} A couple of buildings were built in the premises.{{sfn|Parthasarathy, ''The Hindu'' 16 October 2012}} A black plaque outside the hospital premises reads: "Government Infirmary for gratuitous treatment of diseases of the eye."{{sfn|Parthasarathy, ''The Hindu'' 16 October 2012}}

Between 1904 and 1913, the hospital expanded under the superintendency of Lieutenant Colonel R. H. Elliot, who is credited for the [[Trephine|Elliot's Trephine]], an instrument used in [[glaucoma]] surgery. It was during his tenure that the Lawley Ward, a building that was declared a [[Heritage buildings in Chennai|heritage building]] by the [[Archaeological Survey of India|Archaeological Department of India]], was built at the centre of the premises.{{sfn|Parthasarathy, ''The Hindu'' 16 October 2012}}

The Elliot School of Ophthalmology, the first in South India, was established in the hospital in 1919 by Elliot's successor Lieutenant Colonel Kirkpatric.{{sfn|Muthiah, 2014|p=372}}{{sfn|Parthasarathy, ''The Hindu'' 16 October 2012}} In 1921, the Elliot Ophthalmic Museum was opened by Kirkpatric's successor Lieutenant Colonel R. E. Wright.{{sfn|Muthiah, 2014|p=372}} Both of these were named after R. H. Elliot.{{sfn|Muthiah, 2014|p=372}} The museum's holdings include an 1829 painting of an affected eye, sketches of tropical eye diseases by earlier practitioners, several 19th-century specimens of affected eyes and case registers (dating back to 1819), and centuries-old medical instruments.{{sfn|Parthasarathy, ''The Hindu'' 16 October 2012}}{{sfn|Muthiah, 2014|p=372}} In 1940, K. Koman Nayar was appointed the hospital first Indian superintendent, who is remembered for building the Iris Repositor at the hospital.{{sfn|Muthiah, 2014|p=372}} In 1942, the medical school started offering a post-graduate diploma program in ophthamology.{{sfn|Parthasarathy, ''The Hindu'' 16 October 2012}} In 1948, India's first eye bank was opened here by the then superintendent R. E. S. Muthayya.{{sfn|Muthiah, 2014|p=372}} With its opening, the hospital had an entire block dedicated for eye bank.{{sfn|Parthasarathy, ''The Hindu'' 16 October 2012}} It is believed that Muthayya was the first to perform a [[keratoplasty]].{{sfn|Parthasarathy, ''The Hindu'' 16 October 2012}}

In 1960, an old garden house opposite the old campus was obtained to build its nurses' quarters.{{sfn|Muthiah, 2014|p=373}} In 1962, the School of Optometry started functioning inside the campus.{{sfn|Parthasarathy, ''The Hindu'' 16 October 2012}}

The hospital began to employ microscopes for surgeries when E. T. Selvam first used one.{{sfn|Parthasarathy, ''The Hindu'' 16 October 2012}} The hospital became a Regional Institute in 1985 under the National Programme for Control of Blindness.{{sfn|Parthasarathy, ''The Hindu'' 16 October 2012}} The [[Government of India]] recognized the hospital as a centre of excellence following which government ophthalmologists from all over the country arrive at the hospital to undergo training.{{sfn|Parthasarathy, ''The Hindu'' 16 October 2012}}

==Description==
With support from the [[Lions Club]] of Chennai District 324 A (an organized and separate eye bank that co-ordinates with the doctors, paramedical team and community support) workers ensure a 24-hour eye donation and eye banking service.

Training programmes offered include short-term exam-oriented training for diploma in National Board Exams.

===Courses offered===
* Optometry: Diploma in Optometry and BSc Optometry
* Post-graduate courses after MBBS, namely, MS and DO

==See also==
{{Portal|India}}
* [[Healthcare in Chennai]]
* [[Heritage structures in Chennai]]

==Citations==
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==References==
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* {{cite journal |title=The story of "Moorfields," the oldest and largest eye hospital in Britain |journal=The British Journal of Nursing |date=November 1947 |volume=95 |issue=2153 |url=http://rcnarchive.rcn.org.uk/data/VOLUME095-1947/page125-volume95-november1947.pdf |access-date= 28 January 2019 |quote=At the time when Reynolds and his colleagues from New York were working at the hospital there was also attending a Mr. R. Richardson who entered the medical service of the East India Company. When in 1819 the Directors of that Company resolved to establish an eye hospital in Madras, he was appointed its first superintendent. The Madras Eye Infirmary, now known as the Madras Government Ophthalmic Hospital, is one of the most! important institutions of its kind in the World. Its foundation was followed in 1824 by the establishment of eye hospitals in Calcutta and Bombay, each under the direction of surgeons who had studied at "Moorfields."|ref={{sfnRef|BJN, 1947}} }}
* {{cite book | last = Muthiah| first = S. | author-link = S. Muthiah | title = Madras Rediscovered| publisher = EastWest | date = 2014 | location = Chennai | isbn = 978-93-84030-28-5|ref={{sfnRef|Muthiah, 2014}} }}
* {{cite news | last = Parthasarathy | first = Anusha | title = Looking back in time | newspaper = The Hindu| location = Chennai| publisher = Kasturi & Sons| date = 16 October 2012| url = https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/history-and-culture/Looking-back-in-time/article12560015.ece | access-date = 22 October 2020|ref={{sfnRef|Parthasarathy, ''The Hindu'' 16 October 2012}} }}
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==External links==
*[http://www.riogohchennai.ac.in/ Regional Institute of Ophthalmology and Government Ophthalmic Hospital, Chennai- Official Website]
*[http://www.madrasmedicalcollege.edu/ Madras Medical College - Official Website]

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[[Category:Hospital buildings completed in 1911]]
[[Category:Universities and colleges in Chennai]]
[[Category:Medical colleges in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Ophthalmology organizations]]
[[Category:Eye hospitals]]
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