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Nine people lose vision after cataract surgery in Tamil Nadu | At least nine patients lost their eyesight following cataract surgery in a private hospital in Dharapuram town of Tamil Nadu state. About 23 patients
were admitted to the city's Ludhran eye care hospital for cataract surgery, a
private hospital run by a Christian missionary, out of which nine patients complained
loss of vision following severe viral infection, inflammation and redness in the
eyes. The victims included five women and a 23-year-old youth. "I had come here
with vision problem and I was advised to get a small operation to insert lens.
I agreed for it but after the operation I realized that I lost my eye sight,"
said Kalaimmal, one of the victims. The surgery was conducted successfully on
the rest of the patients. They were discharged after administering a few eye drops
and medicines. Hospital officials said that the incident had happened due to viral
infection. "Because of the infection, which was informed
in micro biological lab, ...we have taken appropriate step to control one of the
infections of bacteria in the eyes of the particular nine patients and they have
now recovered but are still under expert's guidance and services of the medical
treatment," said Benjaman Jayaraj, Administrative Officer, Ludhran Eye Hospital.
Police, however, has registered a case of negligence against the hospital and
launched an official probe into the botched up surgeries. |
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