{"(content|0)":"<strong>About Us<\/strong>","(content|2)":"Our Story","(content|4)":"65d79ffb3b3876fd7cf42acbb24e7f9986632700-0.png","(content|5)":"Our Mission","(content|7)":"f2d48857103f3de1cf8466d221450c89f0bf2034-0.png","(content|8)":"Our Vision","(content|1)":"<p><span>AKHAND JYOTI EYE HOSPITAL<\/span> is run and owned by <strong>Yugrishi Shriram Sharma Acharya Charitable Trust.<\/strong> Doing over <strong>90,000 surgeries annually<\/strong>, of which <strong>80% are free to the poor<\/strong>, it is the largest eye hospital in Eastern India. Driven by the compassionate and experienced team of doctors and clinical staff, Akhand Jyoti Eye Hospital has been working for the last 17+ years, towards eliminating curable blindness from Bihar and provide comprehensive, accessible, high-quality eye care services to the people in low-income geographies.<\/p>\n","(content|3)":"<p>Yugrishi Shriram Sharma Acharya Charitable Trust was formed initially to work for the welfare of the poor and downtrodden in Bihar as the state has always been laggard on all aspects of human well-being. The underlying purpose of the trust has been to improve the quality of life of people so that our activities will finally help people - the community, to overcome social, economic and psychological barriers and usher positive change.<\/p>\n\n<p>With this theory of change in mind the trust started the Akhand Jyoti Eye hospital in December 2006 at village Mastichak, 60 kms away from the capital city of Patna in Bihar. Thereafter the trust resolved to only work in the low-income geographies of India.<\/p>\n\n<p>Akhand Jyoti Eye Hospital focused in restoring the vision of blind patients due to cataracts with surgeries as cataract surgery not only restores the vision of the person but also the dignity, hope and livelihood of the person. Soon after the cataract surgery, the patient can resume working. With time, apart from providing free surgeries to poor patients, Akhand Jyoti Eye Hospital has emerged as the largest eye hospital in Eastern India providing comprehensive, quality, accessible and affordable eye care to the community. Today, it stands as the most trusted eye hospital in Bihar and Eastern Uttar Pradesh.<\/p>\n","(content|6)":"<p>Our Mission is to spearhead in Bihar the elimination of curable blindness by 2026, build up an internationally recognised &#39;Centre of Excellence&#39; in eye care &ndash; the world&rsquo;s first in a rural area &ndash; which is accessible and affordable, and lay the foundations to make Akhand Jyoti Eye Hospital economically sustainable so that it is less reliant on donations post 2026 in meeting its vision.<\/p>\n\n<p>Throughout, we will be relentless and empower women to achieve our objectives and to make a broader societal impact by training girls from rural areas.<\/p>\n","(content|9)":"<p>Our vision is to help eliminate curable blindness by providing in low-income regions of India affordable, accessible, sustainable, quality curative and preventive eye care services, and empower women to achieve this.<\/p>\n"}