Skip navigation.
Home
Tue Feb 9 13:38:39 2010 | [Write for us] | [Subscribe to RSS] | [Advertise with us] [Editor's Blog]

Four lose vision after cataract surgery in Nellore

<strong>Nellore, October 26--</strong> In a shocking incident, four people who underwent cataract surgeries lost their eyesight leaving doubts about the quality of treatment offered in a free eye check-up camp organized in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh.

Nellore, October 26-- In a shocking incident, four people who underwent cataract surgeries lost their eyesight leaving doubts about the quality of treatment offered in a free eye check-up camp organized in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh.

The Andhra Pradesh health minister D. Nagender has ordered a probe into the botched cataract surgeries stating, "Losing eyesight is like losing life. If it is a case of negligence we'll take action."

The Bollineni Eye Hospital and Research Centre had organized a free camp offering cataract treatment at Gangapatnam village and Kothur in Indukurpet mandal in the district on Oct. 18 last week.

Following a preliminary check-up, the doctors performed surgery on 30 patients, including a few women.

Blurred sight for some post surgery
Trouble started brewing after a few patients complained of burning sensation around the eyes and blurred sight.

Initially, they were shifted to Bollineni Hospital, but when symptoms of infection persisted, they were shifted to Sankara Nethralaya Hospital in Chennai for further treatment.

A victim said, "First the Bollineni hospital in Nellore asked us to come for further treatment and then when the pain increased and the infection spread they referred us to other hospitals in Chennai."

As the condition of the patients deteriorated the doctors admitted that the chances of restoring their vision were bleak. Since, the infection could spread to other parts of the body, the eyeballs of the four patients were removed in order to save their lives.

The relatives are laying the blame squarely on the doctors at Bollineni for the catastrophe, demanding serious action to be taken against them.

"We have launched the probe. We have directed the hospital authorities to stop all operations till the probe is completed," stated Nellore district collector K Ramgopal.

Hospital authorities defensive
The hospital authorities refuted that negligence in the surgical procedure was responsible for the tragedy.

N Sai Murali, chief ophthalmologist at the hospital termed the incident as unfortunate. He declared that in the last six years 45,000 cataract surgeries were performed at the hospital without a single mishap.

He said that medical staff had adhered to all the necessary precautions. The infection was beyond the control of the doctors and could have been caused by many reasons including the solution used in the operations.

He said, “We have sent the samples to the government labs for testing. We are sparing no efforts to save the eyesight of the six patients.”

Post new comment

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.
 
  • Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
  • Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd>
  • Lines and paragraphs break automatically.
  • Glossary terms will be automatically marked with links to their descriptions. If there are certain phrases or sections of text that should be excluded from glossary marking and linking, use the special markup, [no-glossary] ... [/no-glossary]. Additionally, these HTML elements will not be scanned: a, abbr, acronym, code, pre.

More information about formatting options

CAPTCHA
This question is for testing whether you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.
For daily updates in your mailbox Subscribe for free via email, or grab our feed.
 

Swine Flu Updates

ppl wearing swine flu masks.jpg

New Delhi, February 4 -- The lethal swine flu influenza shows no sign of abating as new cases of H1N1 related deaths and infections continue to surface every day. With five more lives being snuffed out Wednesday, the death toll in the nation has reached 1,243 so far.

User login

TheMedGuru on Facebook
 
I n   F o c u s
Dull, yellow or stained teeth are a common problem today. Get a sparkling set of white teeth with the help of these tips.
white-teeth.jpg

The major culprits behind dull and stained teeth are tobacco, coffee, cavities, aging, and drugs. While some of the causes of these stains are not in our control, others are.

    Is it H1N1 or just common cold? Here's a little guide for the needy.
    woman sneezing.jpg

    Common cold and seasonal flu are likely to follow the arrival of the winter season. And given that H1N1 strain is also here and even declared a pandemic by World Health Organization (WHO), confusion as to what is it that they are up against abounds among the masses.

      Is there really a G spot? Want to know the truth? Just read on.
      G spot.jpg

      There are a number of different explanations about what the G-spot actually is. Practitioners of tantric sex have been talking about this 'sacred spot' for over 1,000 years.

        R E S O U R C E S I N D US T R Y   N E W S M Y   H E A L T H

        Glossary

        Events & Conferences

        Healthcare Classifieds

        Hospitals Directory

        Forums