In 1984, a journey begins

M.N Eye Clinic was started as a small 5 bedded hospital in Kilpauk in 1984

Inaugurated by

M.N Eye Clinic was inaugurated by Prof.Dr.S.S. Badrinath, Chairman - Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai

In 1986

Dr.Madhivanan and Dr.Chalini visited Japan to be trained in Intra-ocular lens implanatation under Prof. Akira Momose (Japan). Dr.Chalini further trianed in refractive surgery and paediatric ophthalmology at Momose center.

Trained under Prof. Yamunaka & Prof. Okhihara

Dr.Madhivanan underwent further training in vitreo-retinal surgery under Prof. Yamunaka at Osaka. Dr.Chalini was also trained in advanced contact lens fitting at Nishi Eye Center, Osaka under Prof. Okhihara Nishi.

Thus was born the present M.N. Eye Hospital, at Tondiarpet in 1986.
It was inaugurated by Prof.Dr.Natarajan, renowned orthopaedician and father of Dr.Madhivanan.

It was a 7 bedded hospital with an operation theater and staff of 8. With the concerted efforts of the team and the faith of the patients who visited the doctors, it started growing with each passing day.

Thus was born the idea of Janaki Natarajan Vision Research and Visual Rehabilitation Charities ! Named after his loving mother, Mrs.Janaki Natarajan, JNVR&VRC - the free section of M.N. Eye Hospital was started just within a year of starting the paying section. The vision was to provide quality eye care at absolutely no cost to anyone who wished to walk through those doors, including free cataract surgeries.

This facility was inaugurated by Thiru.Moopanar and Mr. Ramachandran Adityan.

For the past 30 years, JNVR & VR Charities have been in the continual service of the community, providing the gift of sight, completely free of cost to over 1 lakh people till date in the form of cataract surgeries. More than 2 million people have been screened for vision disorders. It has been an immensely gratifying journey so far, and we wish to continue toiling in these efforts with the help of our generous donors and well-wishers. Together, we can all make a difference.

Over the years, M.N. Eye Hospital achieved several important milestones – For the first time in India, Introduction of the Green Laser for treating Diabetic Retinopathy

The launch of the ‘ Vazhum kangal’ Eye Bank in 1994 with prominent stars like Mrs. Revathy and Mrs. Suhasini endorsing and promoting eye donation

M.N. College of Optometry was started in 2005, to give an educational opportunity to the residents of North Chennai.We now have 100 optometry students passing out every year offering Diploma, Bachelors and Masters in Optometry, optometry fellowships and Ophthalmic Technical training.

Now,Their 2 sons and 2 daughters-in law are taking the hospital forward in each of their sub-specialities.

To extend our successful model of affordable eye care, two more branches were opened at Adyar and Redhills, which are running successfully.

We are running a DNB program, fellowship in cataract, cornea, refractive surgery and vitreo-retina .We also run successful training program for phacoemulsification for trainees all over the world from Brazil, Argentina, Azerbaijan, etc.

A state of the art Operation theater was designed and built with laminar air flow, and zero-bacteria HEPA Air filters. This ensured safe and efficient surgical outcomes for all our patients.

• The hospital expanded it’s wings to include more experienced consultants to handle the patient load, and to provide quality eye care.
• It blossomed into a super-speciality tertiary eye care center, with all trained consultants for all sub-specialities and round the clock trauma center.
• Cataract, Glaucoma, Vitreo-retina, Cornea, Refractive surgery, Oculoplasty, Custom Prosthesis, Paediatric Ophthalmology, Low vision services