Punjab: 15 lose eyesight after undergoing cataract operation in camp
All the patients belong to Gagomahal village.
“All 15 patients have gone completely blind and there is no chance of their eyesight getting restored,” Amritsar civil surgeon Rajiv Bhalla told Hindustan Times.
According to reports, the incident came to light on Thursday after members of the Kisan Sangharash Samiti brought the patients to deputy commissioner Ravi Bhagat.
Following tests by eye specialists at the Government Medical College and Hospital in Amritsar, it was reveled that the patients have lost their eye sights.
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