Patients claim loss of vision after cataract surgery in MP

Four persons, who underwent cataract surgery at the district hospital in Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara, claimed to have lost vision in both eyes on Wednesday. However, the top medical officer of Chhindwara, the home district of Chief Minister Kamal Nath, did not confirm the claim, saying that investigation was on.

Kalabai Wankhede (65), Dafelal Dhakaria (62), Munna Chore (50) and Ramrati Bai (54), all local residents, were operated upon for cataract removal on September 25. Two days later, when the bandages were removed, they had no vision, they told local media.

Chief Medical and Health Officer of the district, Sushil Rati, said sometimes eyes swell after the operation, and these patients were probably showing the same symptom. "Expert ophthalmologists from Bhopal and Nagpur are being contacted and I have written to the district civil surgeon Dr Paramjeet Gogia to carry out a probe into the matter," he said.

Three of the victims were readmitted to the Chhindwara district hospital on Wednesday while another was admitted to a hospital in Nagpur in Maharashtra, local sources said. Recently, over a dozen patients lost vision in one eye after alleged botched cataract surgeries at a private hospital in Indore in the state..

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