Our History
1984
Sri Sankara Health Centre established OP Clinic know as “One Rupee Hospital”
1988
Sri Appasamy Iyer gifted 26000 sq ft land in Sri Sankara Nagar
1990
20-bed general hospital commissioned through Rotary Club of Meenambakkam
1993
Hospital upgraded to 60 beds
1994
HH Sri Sankara Vijayendra Saraswathi Swamigal launched “Kannoli” – Vision saver project of Rotary Club of Madras Fort
1997
Hospital handed over on lease to Sankara Nethralaya as an exclusive Ophthalmic Hospital. Outreach camps continued to be done by us
1997
Sankara Health Centre moved to temporary building in Pammal and continued as a OP Centre
1997
Project “Oli Padaitha Kanninai” (Divine vision) launched with support from District Collector, Tiruvallur to screen school children in Government schools in the District
1999
Sankara Nethralaya terminated their MoU prematurely. We decided to forge ahead on our own with support from Dr RV Ramani
2000
School screening project renamed as “Vanavil”. 250,000 students were screened in this year alone
2004
50,000th Cataract surgery was performed
2005
Government accreditation received for conduct of DNB training
2006
Medical Retina Services introduced
2007
Surgical Retina services started
2008
Eye Bank Services launched
2010
Paediatric Ophthalmology and Orbit and Oculoplasty departments opened
2011
Sankara Academy of Ophthalmology was started to provide short term and long term Fellowship training.
2013
BSc and MSc Optometry courses introduced in affiliation with Bharathiar University
2014
Bhoomi Puja performed to set up an eye Hospital in Samarjhola, Odisha
2014
Branch Hospital opened in Nanganallur, Chennai
2014
Hospital received Pre-accreditation Entry Level certification from NABH
11-Jun-16
Sankara Eye Hospital Samarjhola inaugurated by Chief Minister of Odisha in the benign presence of HH Sri Jayendra Saraswathi Swamigal
2016
Vision Centre supported by Sightsavers opened at Old Washermanpet
2017
Vision Centre supported by Sightsavers opened at Berhampur in Odisha
2017
Vision Centre shifted to Perambur due to very poor response at old Washermanpet
2017
Truck Drivers Screening started with support from Sightsavers
2018
Vision Centre set up with support from Sightsavers at Madhavaram Truck terminal exclusively for Truck drivers
2018
Vision Centre supported by Sightsavers opened at Chatrapur, Odisha
2019
Vision Centre setup within Sankara Multispeciality Hospital, Kanchipuram
2019
Vision Centre setup in Triplicane in partnership with SYMA
2020
BSc and MSc Optometry courses affiliated with Tamilnadu Dr MGR Medical University