National Eye Hospital is the top level tertiary eye care hospital in Sri Lanka. This was established in the era of British government as an Eye and ENT hospital and became "Victoria Memorial Eye Hospital" in 1962.This Hospital now consists of an OPD, 18 wards with 485 beds, one HDU, 6 Operation Theaters with 12 operation tables. There are 9 consultant eye surgeons working in the National Eye Hospital together with 2 consultant anesthetists, a consultant physician, and a consultant pathologist.   Our VisionWe take care your vision as the leader in South Asia Our MissionAs a centre of excellence in the eye care service in Sri Lanka, this institute provides adequate quality services to satisfy patients through maximum tertiary level eye care with advance technology and with kindness of well trained staff and well maintain quality. It also gives necessary training and guidance for all categories of staff in the eye care service in Sri Lanka. We Support and conduct community eye care programs also in Sri Lanka. HistoryEye Hospital has a long history in the health care of Sri Lanka. This is the tertiary care hospital with the centre of excellence which was established in 1905. It gives services to all categories of all eye related problems either medically or surgically. Patients are referred from all parts of the island for the specialized management.The practice of Ophthalmology involves the promotion of eye health, preservation of sight provocation of blindness, restoration of vision, enhancement of abnormal vision and enhancement of fractional vision .The National Eye Hospital of Colombo provide the above mentioned service to the entire nation since the inception 1962 from the current premises.Receiving the certificate of Merit at the Annual Health Excellence Award - 2010, is one of the achievements to prove our services in eye care. It is because of the hard work of the entire staff of the hospital for this achievement. Establishment of the Eye Bank at the hospital premises itself is one of the mile stone achieved in this era to provide corneal tissue for the corneal transplantation. Providing the spectacles for the elders and the school children from the hospital itself note the completeness of services to the patients. We started provide free intra ocular lens to the needy people with the help of donors.The Out Patient Department of the eye hospital also works round the clock to give maximum service to the nation with extension of OPD hours. This institution OPD is running till 8 pm to see all the routine eye problem while the casualty patients are seen for 24 hours. The rehabilitation of the eye care is given through the Low Vision Clinic which gives maximum services to