Madras Eye Infirmary established
· Egmore
The Madras Eye Infirmary, now the Egmore Eye Hospital, was founded and is regarded as the oldest eye hospital in Asia.
The Madras Eye Infirmary was founded in 1819 in the Royapettah neighbourhood of Madras. It later moved and became the Government Ophthalmic Hospital at Egmore. It is considered the oldest eye hospital in Asia and the second oldest of its kind in the world after Moorfields Eye Hospital in London. Its records and museum preserve case registers going back to 1819.
