Eye Care Centre Turns 41
PHIROZE Ratanshah Vakil Eye Centre (PRVEC) is located at Talwada near Charoti, Maharashtra 150 Kms from Mumbai on NH 8.
PP Rtn. (Dr.) Rahim Muljiani who is the founder of the centre, first visited Talwada on August 28, 1978.
On this day, 51 patients visited Dr. Muljiani.
The centre was formally declared open on February 8, 1981.
It was called “Rotary Eye Centre” till Rtn. Akhtarali Tobaccowala generously donated Rs 50 lakhs in November 2002, towards the corpus in honour of his late father. Thus, the Centre was renamed Hasanali Tobaccowala Eye Centre (HTEC).
Last year, Dr. Thrirty Talati donated a generous 4 crores in memory of her friend, Rtn. Phiroze Ratanshah. The centre was renamed Phiroze Ratanshah Vakil Eye Centre (PRVEC).
NUMBER OF PATIENTS TREATED FROM 1979 TO 2018
OPD : 4,52,833
Spectacles distributed : 47,350
Operations performed : 31,631
Indoor Patients : 4213
Intraocular lens : 13,874
YAG : 1817
Keratoplasty : 45
Green Laser : 143
Per year around 15,000 patients visit the centre in OPD and around 800 cataract / other surgeries are performed.
All Services Rendered to Patients at PRVEC are FREE OF CHARGE.