Aravind Eye hospital is a leading hospital in Coimbatore city for treatment of various eye diseases and problems related to eye care. Dr. Govindappa Venkataswamy founded Aravind Eye hospital in the year 1976 and started by GOVEL Trust.

Aravind hospitals conducts regular screening eye camps and school children screening camps in rural areas.

Common Eye Treatments offered by Aravind Hospitals includes
• Cataract Surgery
• Glaucoma Surgery
• Retinal Surgery
• Cornea Surgery

The Aravind Eye hospital in Coimbatore has got facilities to accommodate and provide eye treatment for 175 paying patients and 600 free patients and caters to the need of patients from Tamil Nadu as well as to neighboring state of Kerala also.

The Rotary Aravind International Eye Bank (RAIEB) in the hospital was setup with the objective of providing quality corneal tissues (eyes) to the needy patients irrespective of the caste, creed and religion. Rotary Aravind International Eye Bank also creates awareness, motivate people about eye donations. Eye donation awareness programmes are conducted among the general public, students, hospitals and voluntary organizations.

Aravind Hospitals has setup ophthalmic education and training centres to provide postgraduate clinical courses (including Ph.D programmes) to ophthalmologists, and Course on maintenance of ophthalmic surgical instruments for ophthalmic technicians, opticians, clinical assistants, outreach coordinators and health care managers.