Dr Jlrs Eye Hospital

About

About Dr Jlrs Eye Hospital

Dr Jlrs Eye Hospital is a private institution in Kanpur Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, established in 1959. Campusbells lists it under Paramedical, with 2 undergraduate courses, including BA and MBBS. Approvals and accreditation: NABL.

Dr. Rajendra Rohatgi completed his MBBS from Government Grant Medical College, Mumbai (then Bombay) in 1935 and pursued post graduate courses in ophthalmology from DOMS, London, United Kingdom and ZLO, Vienna, Austria during 1937-42.

He established a society along with like-minded philanthropists and registered as Association for the Prevention of Blindness, UP in 1946 at Kanpur. Dr. Rajendra Rohatgi Institute of Medical Sciences is a paramedical teaching and training institute which is associated with the eye hospital.

The society opened a general hospital J L Rohatgi Hospital in 1997, which also served as a dedicated COVID treatment hospital during the second wave of the pandmeic and became a multi-specialty hospital in 2021.

After completing post graduation and returning to India, Dr. Rajendra Rohatgi was inclined to practice in Mumbai, but Dr. Jivraj Mehta, his Dean and mentor during MBBS (personal doctor to Mahatma Gandhi and later first Chief Minister of Gujarat state) asked him to serve the people in Kanpur (Dr. Rohatgi’s hometown).

As described on the institution’s website

At a glance

Key facts

Established

1959

Ownership

Private-Unaided

Approvals and accreditation

NABL

Stream

Paramedical

Location

Kanpur Nagar, Uttar Pradesh

Academics

Courses offered at Dr Jlrs Eye Hospital

2 programmes listed

Gallery

Campus photos

Photos: jlreyehospital.org

Campus life

Facilities at Dr Jlrs Eye Hospital

• Lab
• Medical