Judicial Probe Ordered to Investigate Botched Eye Surgery Camp
The Assam government Friday ordered a judicial probe to investigate a botched cataract surgery camp at the Guwahati Medical College in which 38 people were blinded. The enquiry would be conducted by a retired judge of the Gauhati High Court and was expected to submit the report in three months.
A three-member expert committee appointed by the government to investigate the incident indicted the Regional Institute of Ophthalmology (RIO) at the Guwahati Medical College of lapses in sterilisation and autoclaving process of equipment and the linens.
The 38 patients were later shifted for advanced treatment by the Assam government to the Sankara Nethralaya in Chennai.
Filed under Cataract Surgery, Eye Treatment
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