The below text was the original text I write for the blog on our Aravind visit last Novenber to Madurai.
Aravind Eye Care Success - George Easaw
Pl write this article in a better way
First it is the extremely high levels of efficiency, while an ophthalmologist in an eye hospital does almost 1-2 cataract surgeries per day, an Arvind hospital eye doctor does about 15 cataract surgeries a day, almost 10x.
Secondly so many surgeries are done daily in the hospital, besides the high level of medical expertise of the doctors, the Intra-ocular lens that the hospital manufactures on its own, it is able to sell at $5 apiece, while an imported IOL would cost anywhere above $80. The low cost of the lens helps support cheap surgeries and thus results in increased cost efficiencies in a vicious cycle.
The third factor is the economies of scale and assembly lines concepts that are taken from the industry helping increase operational efficiency, besides organising outreach camps nearer to the customer to generate the necessary demand.
While Aravind Hospital does not invest much in advertising or other frill activity, it invests heavily in the latest state of the art machinery in the hospital and top world class training and exposure for its doctors and nurses, which is the fourth factor.
The fifth factor is the value set imparted by the founder Dr. V Govindaswamy in eradicating needless blindness from the country that has helped the hospital in offering more than 50% of its surgeries to the needy people in society free of charge and giving world class trainig to medical personnel from other hospitals at very low rates.
A later article by Prof. Vijay Govindarajan in HBR of January 2012 points of the audacious nature of Aravind's goals and how the hospital has managed to rise above expectations. Click here .. The benefits of lower costs of labour and process innovation steps have helped Aravind steal the limelight and become one of the world's top and high quality eye care centre.
I have been asked by MBA students, would the Aravind eye care system have survived in another culture or country ? According to me, the high population always ensures a high demand for Aravind services. The high poverty levels in society puts pressure on the system to offer high quality low cost services to the masses, pushing the system to continuously strive for innovative methods of functioning and service delivery.
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The Aravind Eye Care System has become one of the world's top and high-quality eye care centers due to several factors. Firstly, it boasts an exceptional level of efficiency. An ophthalmologist in an eye hospital typically performs 1-2 cataract surgeries a day, while an Aravind Hospital eye doctor performs around 15 cataract surgeries a day, a nearly ten-fold increase.
Secondly, the hospital's high volume of surgeries each day is made possible not only by the medical expertise of its doctors but also by its in-house manufactured intra-ocular lens (IOL). The IOL, which is sold at $5 each, enables the hospital to offer cheap surgeries and helps to sustain a low-cost, high-efficiency cycle.
Thirdly, the hospital leverages economies of scale and assembly line concepts from the manufacturing industry to increase its operational efficiency, along with organizing outreach programs to reach its customers.
The fourth factor that contributes to the hospital's success is its investment in state-of-the-art machinery and world-class training and exposure for its doctors and nurses. The hospital prioritizes these investments over advertising or other extraneous activities.
Finally, the fifth factor is the value set imparted by the hospital's founder, Dr. V Govindaswamy, to eradicate needless blindness in the country. This mission has motivated the hospital to offer more than 50% of its surgeries to those in need for free and to provide low-cost training to medical personnel from other hospitals.
In conclusion, the Aravind Eye Care System's success can be attributed to its high efficiency, low-cost IOL, economies of scale, investment in technology and training, and its mission to eradicate needless blindness. While it is difficult to determine if the system would be successful in another culture or country, its success in India is likely due to the high demand for its services, driven by the country's high population and poverty levels
The way in which the text is neatly rewritten also tells us that ChatGPT language model is indeed a very good one.
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