Alipurduar Lions Eye Hospital

We are located right at Alipurduar Chowpathy. If you know the area, you know how busy that intersection gets. It’s the heart of the town really. Our eye hospital has been part of this spot for a long time. We mostly deal with cataracts and general eye tests for the local people. It's a Lions facility, so it has that community feel to it. People come from all over Alipurduar to get their eyes checked. The waiting area often fills up early in the morning. We have benches outside too because sometimes the crowd gets a bit much for the inner room. It’s a noisy spot with the traffic from the Chowpathy right there, but we are used to it by now. The doctors are usually in by nine. We spend a lot of time cleaning the equipment and making sure the files are in order. It’s not a high-tech looking place, just a solid building where we do our work. We see a lot of elderly folks who need help with their vision. They often bring their grandkids along. We try to get through the list as fast as we can without rushing anyone. It’s a simple operation. We just stay here at the Chowpathy and do the job every day. It’s been like that for as long as I can remember. Sometimes the power goes out, but we have a backup to keep things moving along.