Initiating suo motu proceedings on the basis of a news report, the court notes that the 17 patients were operated on between January 1 and 10 at Ramanand Eye Hospital, run by the Shree Seva Niketan Trust in Mandal block.
In a major lapse, at least 17 patients complained of partial or complete loss of vision after undergoing cataract surgery at a trust-run hospital in Ahmedabad’s Viramgam.