FIR filed against doctors, staff of Bihar private hospital over botched cataract surgeries
The Hindu
As many as 16 people lost their vision after undergoing surgery at a free camp
PATNA: Days after the botched cataract surgeries in which at least 16 people lost their vision, the Muzaffarpur district administration has lodged an FIR against doctors and employees of a private hospital.
A team of officials from the State Health Department will visit the hospital on Thursday to probe the incident. Earlier, Muzaffarpur civil surgeon Vinay Kumar Sharma said that a three-member team was set up to look into the incident.
On November 22, as many as 65 people had undergone cataract surgeries at a free medical camp organised by a private hospital in Muzaffarpur, a north Bihar district. Of them, 26 developed eye infection, while six lost their sight. Four more are said to be undergoing treatment at a local government hospital at Srikrishna Medical College (SKM).