Patients checking their luggage at the entry to Aravind Hospital.

Annually they prepare a set of predictions about the number of patients they expect each day, for planning personnel.

The medical records department. They are shifting to electronic records because they simply have no more space to store records for 1.2M annual patients.

The eyeglass shop.

A waiting area. Examination rooms include a display showing real-time graphs of average waiting time so the staff know when they need to pick up the pace.

A patient undergoes examination.

Two post-surgery patients return for care at the outpatient center.

A beggar on the street near Aravind hospital.

A woman wearing temporary sunglasses approaches the clinic.

Coconut juice on sale along the street; behind is the Aravind research building.

A woman at the free-service patient center, waiting checkup after surgery.

Group eye exam.

A patient undergoes examination.

Statistics from 2011 and 2012. 72,315 free surgeries in 2011!

A patient and his attendant outside the free clinic.

Across the street, LAICO provides outreach and training to similar medical centers across India, Africa and beyond.