Madurai MP Su. Venkatesan expressed his condolence on his social media X handle for the death of Aravind Eye Hospital’s chairman emeritus P. Namperumalsamy, who passed away at the age of 85 on Thursday.

He wrote, “An icon of Madurai, was the first to establish a low vision aid centre in India at Government Rajaji Hospital. He is renowned for numerous remarkable achievements, including introducing assembly-line efficiency in eye surgeries.”

Under Dr. Namperumalsamy’s leadership, Aravind Eye Hospital received the Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize in 2010, a prestigious award given for extraordinary work in alleviating human suffering, he said.

Through his work, Dr. Namperumalsamy emphasised that service should be the foundation of the medical field, he added.

Madurai District Collector K.J. Praveen Kumar visited Dr. Namperumalsamy’s house paid his last respects to his mortal remains.