NHRC sends notice to Tamil Nadu govt over reported botched up cataract surgery
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New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognizance of media reports that sixteen patients lost their vision after a botched up cataract surgery at the Government Hospital, Mettur in Salem District of Tamil Nadu from 14th- 16th June,2016. They included 12 women.
Issuing a notice to the Government of Tamil Nadu through its Chief Secretary, the Commission has observed that the contents of the press reports raise serious issues of violation of human rights of the victim patients due to the apathetic attitude of the medical staff at a government hospital. He has been asked to send a report on the incident, the reasons behind it and action taken against those responsible for it. He has been given two weeks to respond.
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