Chaithanya One brings SiLK to Kerala, the next-gen Laser Vision Correction; Dr. Shashi Tharoor inaugurates
Keralam : Chaithanya One, the Chaithanya Eye Hospital and Research Institute, has introduced SiLK, the next-gen laser vision correction to Kerala as Chaithanya One celebrates its 31st anniversary. SiLK is the most advanced technology in laser vision correction in the world developed by the international company Johnson&Johnson Vision.
Dr. Shashi Tharoor MP inaugurated SiLK in the presence of Dr. Unnikrishnan Nair, Managing Partner, CEO & CMO and Dr. Anil Krshnan Nair, Partner, Director – Healthcare Promotions.
With a chain of 13 Eye Hospitals, Chaithanya, the Quaternary Eye Health Network from Kerala has always been the epicentre of patient centric ethical healthcare and this has been a core value behind the institution for 30 years.
“We are very glad to provide the next-generation technology in refraction error correction to the people of Kerala. With our centres in Trivandrum and Kochi providing the SiLK Technology, we have opened a new SiLK-Route in Kerala for advanced eye care with laser treatments that can be easily accessed to the entire state of Kerala,” said Dr. Unnikrishnan Nair, Managing Partner, CEO & CMO.
Chaithanya has been at the forefront of refractive error correction procedures in Kerala for the last two decades. With the ELITA platform, Chaithanya surgeons are able to offer patients with myopia, with or without astigmatism, refractive vision correction using the new SILK (Smooth Incision Lenticule Keratomileusis) procedure. The ELITA Femtosecond laser uses an ultra-precise laser pulse having the fastest laser delivery system, allowing for a consistently smooth and easy lenticular removal.
Now this JCI Accredited institute opens a new chapter in the Indian Healthcare Industry, and in 2026 Chaithanya decided to take bold and decisive steps with an ambition to take its expertise, ethics, and experience onto a global stage.
As a part of its 31st Anniversary celebrations, Chaithanya One, the flagship eye hospital of Chaithanya Health Network has ventured to create a new ecosystem in Global Eye Care with an emphasis on Technology and Sustainable Eye Care Models. The new ecosystem that is made on one side by bringing technology and research to the forefront of discovery in eye health and on the other side, by developing systemic initiatives for creating an interconnected dichotomous and branching network that aims to create a home-hospital-hybrid model where the patient never leaves the clinician supervision and the treatment of the patient is not compromised because of the inability to travel, the absence of a bystander, difficult logistics, or simply just a support system.
In the last one year, Chaithanya One has introduced AI Research Labs, Basic Research Labs, the first Oncology Eye Clinic in Kerala, Childhood Vision Clinics, Cortical Visual blindness Clinics, RetinARC Image Reading Centre and Telemedicine, Ret link Network – to recognize retinal disease from the community and Sanchari, a portable retinal thickness scanner based program to make sure every patient is included in this ecosystem, which will care for them.
For SiLK, Chaithanya One has associated with Johnson & Johnson Vision, a global leader in eye health. Johnson & Johnson Vision has launched SiLK, this next-generation laser vision correction solution, the ELITA SiLK Platform in 2023 at the 41st European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS) congress.
While older platforms use similar processes as The ELITA Femtosecond platform to perform lenticule extraction, the SILK procedure has significant improvements over the other procedures which truly make it the next-generation technology in refraction error correction.
On its 31st anniversary, Chaithanya One has pledged to pioneer and advance technology on a global platform from India for an international audience in both the developing world and the developed world. This new advanced technology addition is a part of the culmination of the 31 anniversary celebrations and Chaithanya’s Comprehensive Eye Care Programme named ‘Sampoorna Chaithanyam’.
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