NHRC sends notice to Bihar govt over reports of patients losing eye after 'botched-up' cataract surgeries

The National Human Rights Commission sent a letter to the Bihar government over reports that eyes of some patients had to be removed allegedly due to "botched-up" cataract surgeries.

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) sent a notice to the Bihar government on Wednesday over reports eyes of some patients had to be removed allegedly due to "botched-up" cataract surgery done recently at a hospital in Muzaffarpur.

NHRC said it has taken suo motu cognisance of a media report that "eyes of six patients had to be removed at Shri Krishna Medical College and Hospital (SKMCH) due to botched-up cataract surgery at Muzaffarpur Eye Hospital on November 22."