Dr. S. M. Bejan Singh — Founder & Medical Director
After finishing his masters in Ophthalmology, Dr. Bejan Singh was awarded the Rtn Dr. P. N. Srinivasa Rao award for Best Outgoing Student. He worked as a lecturer at Kasturba Medical College and Assistant Surgeon at the OEU Institute of Ophthalmology, Manipal, before joining Neyyoor C.S.I. Mission Hospital in 1983 — a comprehensive eye-care system run by the Kanyakumari Medical Mission in partnership with Christoffel Blinden Mission, Germany, extending care to mission hospitals in Kulasekharam, Marthandam and Karakkonam.
In 1987 he trained at the Upson Eye Clinic, USA, in cataract and lens-implant super-specialization. In 1992 he started his own practice in the family's ancestral home in Nagercoil, with 5 staff and 8 beds. Over the following decades that practice grew into Bejan Singh Eye Hospital's present 110-bed facility, extending eye care to neighbouring districts of Tamil Nadu and southern Kerala.
Dr. Rooshitha Bejan Singh — Administrator
Born in Nagercoil, Dr. Rooshitha earned her medical degree from Stanley Medical College, Chennai, and her D.O. from Madurai Medical College, along with a degree in Hospital Management from Manonmaniam Sundaranar University. After her postgraduate training in Ophthalmology, she joined her husband at Neyyoor as a junior ophthalmologist and has worked alongside him since.
She holds fellowships from Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai (indirect ophthalmoscopy & laser, IOL implantation & cataract surgery, glaucoma) and L. V. Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad (eye bank medical officer, low vision, electrophysiology). She serves as the hospital's Eye Bank Medical Officer.
Our journey
- 1983
Dr. Bejan Singh joins Neyyoor C.S.I. Mission Hospital, beginning three decades of eye care in the region.
- 1987
Cataract & IOL super-specialization training at Upson Eye Clinic, USA.
- 1992
Bejan Singh Eye Hospital founded in the family's ancestral home in Nagercoil — 5 staff, 8 beds.
- 1996
Nagercoil Eye Bank established, run by Shalom Trust.
- 2005
Low Vision Aid clinic started.
- Today
110-bed specialty eye hospital serving Kanyakumari district and neighbouring Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
Community outreach
Beyond hospital walls, our team runs free eye-screening camps with community partners including the Kanyakumari District Blindness Prevention Society and Lions Club Nagercoil — recent camps have offered free consultations, eye drops, and screening for people who might otherwise not reach specialist eye care.
[Needs hospital confirmation] Photos are from a November 2022 outreach camp found in the hospital's own archive — please confirm these partnerships are ongoing and share current CSR activities to feature here.
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