Phone : +977-082- (520165 / 520322)
Rapti Eye Hospital is located at Raksyachaur-4, Tulsipur, Dang, Rapti zone which is in the province number 5 & 6 of Nepal and has a population of 1.4 million. It has 4 Bigha (2.70 hectare) land which is registered in the name of Nepal Netra Jyoti Sangh. According to the Nepal Blindness Survey of 1981 the prevalence of blindness in Rapti was 0.87% which was reduced to 0.13% in second survey of 2010 (RAAB Survey). Rapti Eye Hospital is 50 bedded eye hospital which was established in 1986 with the support of Norwegian Church Aid (NCA), Norway. Later in 1996 a dialogue was held between NCA & NABP (Norwegian Association of the Blind and Partially Sighted) investigating the possibilities of NABP taking over the NCA's role as founding partner to the Rapti Eye Hospital, Dang. NABP showed interest not only in maintaining the previous eye care activities at the Hospital, but also in expanding activities in the field of Training/Rehabilitation of blind and partially sighted . NABP took over the role of NCA as funding partner to Rapti Eye Hospital, Dang on 1st January 1998 to 2011 and extended its support to Eye Health Program II, Lamahi from 2012. There are four Primary Eye Care Centres (GEC, SEC, REC, SEC-Rolpa) running under Rapti Eye Hospital. This hospital provides comprehensive eye care service i.e. curative, preventive, pro-motive and rehabilitative service.