Eye surgery in India, planned before you fly
A free teleconsultation, a written estimate and a day-by-day plan — all agreed before you book a ticket. Nothing about the cost or the schedule should be a surprise once you land.
The reason people travel here is not only price
India performs an enormous volume of eye surgery, which means its surgeons operate more in a year than many do in five elsewhere. Volume is not a marketing point — in cataract and refractive surgery it is directly related to how predictable the outcome is.
The equipment is current. The same femtosecond lasers, swept-source biometers, OCT platforms and premium intraocular lenses used in Europe and North America are in use here, because the manufacturers are the same handful of global companies.
And the cost of the same procedure, with the same lens, is a fraction of what it is in most high-income countries — largely because of what a hospital bed, a nurse and an operating theatre cost in India, not because anything is left out. We will send you an itemised written estimate before you travel so you can judge that for yourself.
How we handle an international patient
The clinical part is the same for everyone. What differs is the planning around it.
Free teleconsultation before you travel
Send your reports and we arrange a video consultation with the relevant specialist at no cost. You find out whether the procedure you are considering is actually right for you before spending anything on flights.
A written estimate in advance
Itemised: consultation, investigations, the procedure, the lens or implant, hospital stay, medicines and follow-up reviews. In writing, before you commit.
A day-by-day schedule
Investigations, surgery, review dates and the earliest safe date to fly home — planned around your travel window rather than our convenience.
NABH-accredited standards
Documented clinical protocols, audited infection control, defined patient rights and proper record-keeping — assessed on site against national standards.
A dedicated international coordinator
One named person handling your appointments, visa letters, admission, paperwork and follow-up. Not a different desk each visit.
Everything on one campus
Our 50-bed Masab Tank flagship holds every sub-speciality, its own theatres and 50 in-patient beds, so a traveller is not sent across the city between appointments.
From first email to flying home
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Send us your reports
Email or WhatsApp whatever you have — prescriptions, scans, previous operative notes. Photographs of paper reports are fine. Tell us your rough travel dates.
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Free video consultation
A specialist reviews your records and speaks with you directly. If your case is better treated at home, or does not need surgery at all, that is what you will be told.
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Written estimate and plan
An itemised cost estimate and a day-by-day schedule, including how many days you should allow in Hyderabad and when it is safe to fly.
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Visa letter and travel support
We issue the hospital letter your medical visa application needs, and our coordinator helps with airport transfer, hotel booking near the hospital and language support.
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Assessment on arrival
Investigations are repeated here — not to bill twice, but because surgical planning must rest on measurements taken on our own calibrated equipment. Any change to the plan or the cost is discussed before you consent.
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Surgery, review and follow-up from home
You are reviewed here before you fly, given a full discharge summary and operative note for your doctor at home, and followed up by video consultation afterwards.
Things we would rather you knew before booking a flight
Medical travel goes wrong mostly through optimistic scheduling. These are the constraints we plan around.
- Allow more days than the surgery needsMost eye procedures take under an hour, but you will need pre-operative assessment beforehand and at least one review before flying. Compressing that into 48 hours is unwise.
- Flying too soon after some procedures is unsafeParticularly after retinal surgery involving a gas bubble, where air travel is prohibited until the gas has absorbed. We tell you the earliest safe date before you book a return ticket.
- The estimate can change after we examine youA teleconsultation works from your reports. If our own measurements show something different, the plan and the cost may change — and you will be told before anything proceeds, not after.
- Some conditions are better treated at homeAnything needing frequent long-term monitoring — advanced glaucoma, ongoing anti-VEGF injections for retinal disease — is often poorly served by travel. We will say so.
- Follow-up needs a doctor where you liveWe provide the operative note, discharge summary and imaging your local ophthalmologist will want, and stay available by video. But someone at home should be able to examine you if needed.
Questions patients ask us
Is the teleconsultation really free?
Yes. Send your reports, we arrange a video consultation with the appropriate specialist, and there is no charge. It exists so that nobody buys a ticket for a procedure they do not need.
How much does eye surgery in India cost?
It depends entirely on the procedure and, for cataract, on which intraocular lens you choose — the lens is often the largest single variable. Rather than quote a range that will not apply to you, we send an itemised written estimate after reviewing your reports, covering consultation, investigations, the procedure, the implant, stay, medicines and follow-up.
How many days should I plan to be in Hyderabad?
For routine cataract or refractive surgery, allow around five to seven days — assessment, surgery, and at least one post-operative review. Retinal and corneal procedures generally need longer. Your written plan will give you exact dates before you book.
Will you help with the medical visa?
Yes. We issue the hospital letter and treatment plan that a medical visa application requires. The visa itself is issued by the Indian mission in your country — we cannot influence that decision, only supply the documentation properly.
Do you have doctors and staff who speak English?
Yes — consultations run in English throughout, and our coordinator arranges interpreters for other languages where needed.
What happens if something goes wrong after I fly home?
You leave with a full operative note, discharge summary and imaging for your local ophthalmologist, and your surgeon here remains reachable by video consultation. Complications are uncommon, but they are managed far better when the doctor at home has the complete file — which is why we make sure you have it.
Start with a free teleconsultation
Send your reports and travel dates. You will get a specialist opinion and a written estimate before spending anything.