- Open hour - 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
- +977-055-520039
- gaureyehospital@gmail.com
Gaur Eye Hospital was established in 1997 under the umbrella of NNJS. It is located in ward number 12 in Purenwa in Gaur Municipality, the southern part of Rautahat district. It is nearly 3 km far from the Gaur market and 4 km from the Indian border (Barganiya of Bihar State). It has a land area of 0.09 acre, which was donated by the Government of Nepal with the initiation and support of the Social Welfare Minister honorable late Mr. SekhIdrish. It was supported by AOCA and 24 hour television Japan under Narayani Eye Care Project. In the beginning it was started as a surgical eye camp at Gaur Municipality in 1990, which was organized with initiation of Narayani Eye Care Project (NECP). In that camp many Japanese volunteer doctors were involved with Nepali doctors. During the camp many people were found eye diseases in Rautahat District, especially cataract that is curable. In the Narayani Zone a project was working to reduce the avoidable blindness throughout its catchments area being a Narayani Eye Care Project, the project was established with co-operation of two Japanese organization 24-hour television & AOCA Japan. After conducting surgical eye camp in 1990 NECP decided to establish a Hospital, which will provide preventive and curative eye care services in Rautahat District and its surrounding. Later the hospital was established in 1997 with the support of NECP. The hospital was started with 16 beds in the beginning.
GEH was supported by AOCA and 24 hour television Japan under Narayani Eye Care Project. Dr. ItaruKurozumi and Dr. JunsukeAkura were the distinguished kind personalities from the donor agencies who helped during the establishment. 24 hours Television Japan also supported the hospital for expansion of its service till 2006. The AOCA supported to the hospital since its inception also phased out 2010.However, the supporting donor agencies still have a feeling of patronage for the hospital. The hospital is managed and run under Nepal Netra Jyoti Sangh. Now, the hospital is running with its own resources, i.e. from the service fee collected by the patients.
For the future sustainability of the hospital needs to extent it services in the other part of Rautahat, Bara * Sarlahi district to cover its catchment area. Hospital needs to establish at least one Eye Care Center in each local government of Rautahat district which helps to meet the vision 2020 as well as the objective of the hospital. Gaur eye hospital has three eye care centers under its network; Bankul ECC-22 km, Chandranigapur ECC-42 km, Barthahawa ECC-40km & Garuda ECC -21 km.
To be leading eye care provider in the Narayani Zone. Through strengthening it’s service network as a quality eye care provider at cheaper cost.
To provide preventive and curative eye care services to underprivileged people at cheaper cost, which helps to reduced backlog of preventable blindness. The hospital wants to empower people to their eye health by providing eye care health education in the community.
To reduce the prevalence of blindness below public Health significant 0.20% by the year 2017. Due some reason if not possible to bring down 0.20%, but definitely 50 0f the blindness due to cataract will be reduced by the end of 3 years.
To reduce the prevalence of blindness.
To increase the surgical coverage.
To reduce the prevalence of visual impairment due to refractive error.
To increase awareness about the availability of eye care services among the general community in the catchments area.
To reduce glaucoma related blindness.
To consolidate the program and focus for the quality improvement
To focus on human resource development
To develop infrastructure as needed.
The Gaur Eye Hospital is situated at Gaur Municipality ward no 12 with easily accessible for Nepali as well as Indian people. Hospital service area is total area of Rautahat District some villages of Bara and Sarlahi District and seven Districts of Bihar state of India. Population of those seven Districts of Bihar state is approximately 3 million. The hospital can cover 25% population of those two Nepali Districts Bara & Sarlahi.
In the starting phase there were 16 beds but as increasing patients' follows the numbers of beds were also increased. Now we have 125 beds hospital in full fledge, well equipped and well trained human resources. The existing infrastructure is sufficient to run 125 beds Hospital. Under Gaur Eye Hospital two Eye Care Center are functioning
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Rautahat district is a Province-2, Gaur is its district headquarter. Total population of the district is 686,722. There are 2 rural municipalities and 16 urban municipalities. Rautahat district is having one provincial level general hospital. Moreover there are 4 Primary Health care centers & 93 health posts at the community level. Hospital has been providing eye care services since 1997 as the main eye care provider of the district.
The hospital has paying clinic service facility after the general OPD hour to serve the patients who come late and/ or can not wait for the next day or during the general OPD hour.
General OPD Time: 8:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Paying OPD Time: 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Friday Paying OPD Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM