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NHRC issues notice to Punjab Govt over botched up surgeries in Gurdaspur
New Delhi, Dec 5 (IBNS): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday sent notice to the Punjab government over reports of 60 people losing eyesight in botched up surgeries in the state's Gurdaspur.
"The National Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognizance of media reports carried today that 60 persons lost their eyesight after undergoing cataract surgery at a camp at Village Ghumman, District Gurdaspur, Punjab about ten days ago. The eye camp was organised by an NGO. Reportedly, 16 persons were from Amritsar and the remaining were from Gurdaspur district," the Commission said in a statement.
"The Commission has observed that the contents of the press report, if true, raise a serious issue of violation of human rights of the victims who lost their eyesight. It has issued notices to the Chief Secretary, Secretary, Health, Government of Punjab and District Magistrate, Gurdaspur calling for reports within two weeks," it said.
Meanwhile, the doctor, who performed the surgeries, was arrested on Friday after the report came to light.
A case against Sri Krishna Eye Hospital in Mathura where the doctor, Dr Vivek Arora, works has also been registered.
This came after about 60 people lost their eye sights after they underwent a cataract surgery at an eye camp organized by an NGO in Punjab's Gurdaspur district recently, media reports said on Friday.
While 16 people belonged to villages in Amritsar, the rest were from Gurdaspur district.
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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