Blinded at a Government Eye Camp . 31 poor and downtrodden citizens, who went for eye operation (for cataract) at a Free Cataract operation camp organized by District Blindness Control Committee, Purnea (Bihar) and a NGO-National Consumer Organization, ‘SAVERA’ from 24.01.2009 to 27.01.2009, by the Medical Officer Dr. Srikant Chowdhary, were blinded. All the patients operated at this camp lost their eyesight and some became totally blind. Some patients complained that the Doctor deliberately operated the healthy eye, and since this eye was also lost, eventually they became totally blind. As a result most of these poor patients have been left with begging as the only source of living.
No action as yet ( Sept 2010 ) for compensation and treatment to hapless victims.
The District Magistrate, Purnea enacted a farce of enquiry .Media has deliberately buried the news lest it depicts the ‘sushashan’ of Nitish Government in bad light.
Video edited and presented by SURAJ YADAV.
