18 patients allegedly lose vision after cataract surgery at Rajasthan Govt hospital

The alleged loss of eyesight happened after they underwent a cataract operation.

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Most of them were operated under the Rajasthan government's Chiranjeevi health scheme.

One patient said, "I had an operation on June 23 and had eyesight till July 5, everything was visible but from 6-7th July the eyesight went away. After which the operation was done again but the eyesight did not come back."

The patient said that doctors told him that the cause of the loss of eyesight is infection and efforts are being made to cure the infection.

When the patients complained of severe eye pain, the hospital authorities asked them to get themselves readmitted to the hospital. However, even after they underwent surgery again - some of them underwent surgery more than two times - they could not regain their lost vision.

But the authorities of the Opthalmology Department of the hospital claimed that there was no lapse on their part, and added that an investigation was going on after they received the complaints from the patients.  

Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) restored an order by the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Sawai Madhopur that held a Rajasthan-based Hospital guilty of medical negligence while operating a minor for gall bladder and directed to pay a compensation of Rs 3 lakh. It was alleged that the doctor mistakenly removed the gall bladder instead of removing the stones. 

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