Just a few of the things I've seen at Aravind

Warning, some links have some pretty graphic images/descriptions!

Macular dystrophy (more than once, so when the link says it's "rare" think "EXCEPT IN SOUTHERN INDIA").

An enucleated (unilateral) five year old retinoblastoma patient.

Corneal transplants, including one on a patient who already had had four transplants in the same eye.

Cataracts and cataract surgeries.

GLAUCOMA!

What chlamydia can do to your eye.

Surgery to repair corneal and eyelid lacerations.

Bad, ulcerated fungal keratitis (way more than one).

Viral keratitis.

Peripheral ulcerative keratitis.

A baby with congenital anophthalmia.

Surgical removal of an adenoid cystic carcinoma of the lacrimal gland (6 x 5 x 4 cm. Think, "a tennis ball under the skin next to the eye").

Surgical removal of a cavernous hemangioma of the orbit (bigger than the eye it was sitting behind).

Retinal detachment (I saw the fluorescein angiography and OCT).

A pharmacist from Tanzania bringing his father to Aravind from Tanzania for surgery for his retinal detachment.

A refractive surgeon talking a teenage girl out of refractive surgery.

A US MD/PhD student decide to come back to Aravind for his LASIK.

Cows. Everywhere.

Oxcarts.

Geckos.

Monkeys (at this temple).

The famous Meenakshi temple in Madurai.