TOO Bad 15 go blind after eye surgery in India

At least 15 people in India have lost their eyesight after
undergoing cataract surgeries at an eye camp, The Indian
Express newspaper has reported.
Those affected have lodged a complaint against the Guru
Nanak Charitable Trust, the NGO running the camp,
and the doctors who performed the operation, the Express
reported.
Though the incident came to light on Thursday, the eye
camp was held in Gurdaspur district of western Punjab
state last month. Sixty-two people underwent the eyesight
restorative surgery.
Amritsar Civil Surgeon Dr Rajiv Bhalla told the
Express the surgeries were carried out “under unhygienic
conditions” and the NGO had not obtained the required
permission to hold the camp.
The story comes to light after at least 13 women died
after botched sterilisation surgeries last month in central
Chattisgarh state.
A total of 83 women, all under the age of 32, had the
operations as part of the federal government’s free
sterilisation campaign in Bilaspur district of Chhattisgarh.
But scores were later rushed in ambulances to private
hospitals after falling ill.
Police detained a doctor and suspended several officials
over the deaths. The director of the drug company that
supplied the post-surgery medication was also arrested.