Congress Demands Judicial Probe of Botched-Eye Surgeries in Bhopal

Botched-up cataract eye surgeries at a medical camp in Barwani district made 40 people lose their eyesights.

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Deputy leader of opposition in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly, Bala Bachchan, demanded a judicial probe into last month’s botched-up cataract eye surgeries at a medical camp in Barwani district where some 40 persons lost their eyesights.

Bachchan, who is leading the Congress in the ongoing winter session told PTI, “We want a judicial inquiry headed by retired or sitting judge of the High Court for impartial result.”

Additional chief secretary of finance department is conducting a probe into the situation at present. Justifying the boycott of the proceedings that occurred on Tuesday, Bachchan said, that it had forced the Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan to come to the House and reply to the adjournment motion on the issue.

“As a result of our stand Chouhan announced a pension of Rs 5,000 per month for every person who lost eyesight in the camp...We had demanded life-long pension for the blinded people or Rs 10 lakh compensation. Chouhan accepted it,” he said.