Grameen Eye Hospital Thakurgaon launched activities in its own 22 thousand square-feet two-storied hospital building yesterday, said a press release issued by the Grameen Health Care Services.

 The hospital has 10 beds. The building has provision to expand eventually to a six-storey building with 100 beds. Grameen Eye Hospital Thakurgaon is a social business initiative of Grameen Health Care Services Ltd (GHCS), which started operation in a rented building at East Goalpara in Thakurgaon on March 14, 2013.

GHCS was established by Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus, the pioneer of the social business concept. The first Grameen GC Eye Care Hospital was established on November 1, 2007 in Bogra. The second Eye Care Hospital was built in Barisal in April 2009. The third Eye Care Hospital was established in Thakurgaon.  Primary work for establishing the fourth eye hospital in Satkhira is underway. Grameen Health Care Services Ltd has plans to set up more eye hospitals throughout Bangladesh to bring eye care to the doorsteps of the people.

All Grameen eye hospitals are using modern technologies. Doctors, nurses and other staff of eye hospitals have been trained at Aravind Eye Care Hospitals in India with specialised skill in cataract surgery. Hospital charges patients based on their ability to pay, with wealthier clients charged at a higher rate and the poor at lesser rate, and those with most limited means receive service at no cost. Everyone receives the same high-quality treatment.