Twelve people reportedly
lost their eyesight after being operated upon for cataract at a
free camp in Mathura.
This incident comes close on the heels of a similar incident
in Gurdaspur district of Punjab in November, where about 60 people lost their
eyesight in an eye camp.
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Ironically, both the camps - in Mathura and Gurdaspur - were organised by different NGOs of Mathura. After the tragedy, the NGOs closed their offices and their officials are untraceable.
Meanwhile, Mathura district magistrate Rajesh Kumar and
chief medical officer Dr BS Yadav constituted a five-member committee to probe
the incident. The report should be submitted within two days.
![Nine People Lose Sight After Cataract Operation in AP]( "Nine People Lose Sight After Cataract Operation in AP")
Nine people go blind after undergoing surgery at a private hospital in Ongole town of Andhra Pradesh.
Bankey Bihari Seva Sansthan organized the camp in Mathura on November 22. The victims, after couple of days of their cataract operations complained of loss of eyesight to the NGO, which told them that they would regain their eyesight soon.
Some of them consulted doctors, when the eye sight of those who were operated upon failed to return, where they were told that due to faulty operation and use of expired drugs they had lost their eye sight forever.
Source: Medindia
Nine People Lose Sight After Cataract Operation in AP
Nine people go blind after undergoing surgery at a private hospital in Ongole town of Andhra Pradesh.
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Bankey Bihari Seva Sansthan organized the camp in Mathura on November 22. The victims, after couple of days of their cataract operations complained of loss of eyesight to the NGO, which told them that they would regain their eyesight soon.
Some of them consulted doctors, when the eye sight of those who were operated upon failed to return, where they were told that due to faulty operation and use of expired drugs they had lost their eye sight forever.
Source: Medindia
Six Persons Blinded By Cataract Surgery may Have Vision Restored
Vision may be restored by doctors, to at least six of 20 people blinded by botched free cataract surgery in northern India, a government official said on Saturday.
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