Infinite Vision - Aravind Eyecare brings sight to millions
Infinite Vision is the story of Dr. V, the legendary eye surgeon from South India who made it his mission to restore sight to the blind and whose work has resulted in one of the world's most extraordinary models of service delivery.
Dr. Govindappa Venkataswamy's Aravind Eye Care is an often discussed model for BOP practitioners, a financially profitable and stable eye care system that served millions of India's poorest through the application of profitable, assembly-line techniques to eye surgeries.
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Dr. V passed away last July. Jacqueline Novogratz of the Acumen Fund commented on Dr V.:
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For everyone lucky enough to have met Dr. V, he was an extraordinary individual in every way, who did what so many of us dream about – he changed the world... He was able to fuse the power of an unsentimental approach to treating poor people in the most effective way with the moral imagination to see people, really see them, and listen to their needs and dreams. In this way, I think he saw godliness and beauty in all people and all things.
