'Botched' India cataract surgery leaves 15 with sight loss
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At least 15 people in northern India have lost the sight in one eye after having "botched" cataract surgery, local officials told AFP.
The surgeries were performed last week at a mass surgery organised by a charity in Haryana state's Ambala district, but the problems only came to light after patients began turning up at a local government hospital.
Ambala's chief medical officer Vinod Kumar Gupta said the organisation, Sarv Kalyan Sewarth Samithi, did not have government permission to hold the surgery.
The surgeries were performed last week at a mass surgery organised by a charity in Haryana state's Ambala district, but the problems only came to light after patients began turning up at a local government hospital.
Ambala's chief medical officer Vinod Kumar Gupta said the organisation, Sarv Kalyan Sewarth Samithi, did not have government permission to hold the surgery.
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