Vivekananda Eye Care Centre

If you go down Chaulpatty Road in Belleghata, you’ll find Vivekananda Eye Care Centre at 51c/2g. It’s a busy little street and we are right in the middle of all that local life. The center itself isn't massive. We have the exam rooms set up in a way that makes sense for the space we have. It’s a bit of a maze if you aren't used to it. The staff is mostly local people who know the Belleghata area well. We spend our days testing eyes and helping people pick out frames or talk about their vision. It's repetitive work, but it matters to the people who walk through the door. The waiting room is usually full by mid-morning. We don't have a fancy coffee machine or a receptionist in a suit. It’s just us in our regular clothes, doing the best we can with the tools we have. Sometimes the narrow street outside gets blocked by a delivery truck, and we can hear the drivers shouting, but that’s just life here. We keep the files in big metal cabinets and try to keep everything in order. It’s an honest, small-scale operation. We just focus on the eyes and leave the big business stuff to the hospitals in the city center. The ceiling fans keep us cool enough while we work through the afternoon.