Hyderabad sources have stated that seven patients at the government-run Sarojini Devi Eye Hospital (SDEH) in city have suffered complete loss of vision in one eye after undergoing a botched-up cataract surgery.


It is stated that the victims, four women and three men aged between 50 and 70 years, developed a bacterial infection caused by superbug Klebsiella during the surgery and laboratory reports have revealed that the saline solution administered to patients during the surgery had the bug.


The city hospital had a stock of 540 bottles of RL solution at the time of the incident, all of which were directly supplied by the state-run Telangana State Medical Services and Infrastructure Development Corporation (TSMSIDC) that has procured the same from Haseeb Pharmaceuticals Pvt Ltd, a Nagpur-based pharmaceutical company.


When contacted the owner of the Nagpur firm, Yusuf Badar, he vehemently refuted the allegations that he did supply the RL to the hospital three or four months ago, but this solution is never used for washing eyes and it is done only with normal saline.


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