L. V. Prasad Eye Institute
| L V Prasad Eye Institute | |
|---|---|
LVPEI Hyderabad | |
| 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. With more than 275 eye-care centres in India, it is the largest eye-care network in the world.
LVPEI is a World Health Organization (WHO) collaborating centre, and an affiliate hospital of Harvard Medical School. It is the first eye hospital to be accredited by the National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers (NABH).