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New Delhi, Dec 26: The Yogi Adityanath Government in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday ordered probe into a case of blatant medical negligence in which 32 cataract patients were operated in torch light at a government-run health center in Unnao district.
According to reports, patients were operated in torch light and later made to lie down on the floor by the doctors at Community Health Center in Nawabganj area as there was no provision of power back up at the medical center. Hours after reports regarding ‘torch light’ operations surfaced, state Health Minister Sidharth Nath Singh removed Chief Medical Officer of Unnao with immediate effect. (Also Read: 70 Children Die in 5 Days at Gorakhpur’s BRD Hospital)
Health Minister Sidharth Nath Singh removes Chief Medical Officer of Unnao after eye operations of 32 patients in Community Health Center of Nawabganj were done under torchlight yesterday. The patients were later made to lie down on the floor, were referred by a Kanpur based NGO pic.twitter.com/Mt4VI5gNVT
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) December 26, 2017
“This is height of negligence. No one will be spared,” Unnao district magistrate Ravi Kumar N said while ordering a probe into the incident. (Also Read: After Max, another Delhi hospital accused of medical negligence)
The patients were brought to Nawabganj by a Non-Government Organisation (NGO) for which it was to be paid Rs 1000 per patient, reports said.
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