Government awaits panel report on eyesight loss incident in Amreli

Gandhinagar: A total of 12 patients who went under eye surgery for cataracts, contracted infection post operations and 4 of such patients are feared to have lost their eyesight. These surgeries took place at Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Bhavnagar and Amreli.

Out of these 12, 4 people who were operated on in Amreli’s Shantabaa General Hospital have reportedly lost their eyesight after connecting infection post-surgery.

A 7-member committee formed by the state government, headed by Rajkot regional Deputy Director Dr. Chetan Mehta, reached the hospital to investigate the matter. According to the sources, the committee members checked the record of the hospital, took note of the facility and verified the qualification of the staff in the hospitals.

Health Minister Rishikesh Patel told a newspaper that the govt, expects to receive the committee report soon and only after that it will take the action against the culprits behind the incident. DeshGujarat