Kerala Health Department gets Notice by NHRC

3 September 2013
New Delhi

The Sales of Articles of Rural Artisan Society (SARAS) national mela has picked up momentum after an embarrassing inaugural with few stalls opened on August 31.

On Tuesday, the festival had indigenous artefacts jostling for attention among a host of exclusive rural products from various parts of the country.

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notice to the Department of Health and Family Welfare of Kerala on reports that four persons lost their eyesight allegedly after undergoing cataract surgery in Thrissur Medical College.

A notice in this regard has been issued to the Principal Secretary, Department of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Kerala to submit a report on the matter within four weeks, a National Human Rights Commission release issued on Tuesday said.

The notice was issued after the Commission took suo motu cognisance of a media report that four persons, who had undergone cataract surgery in Thrissur Medical College two weeks ago, lost vision in their right eye.

The Commission observed that the press report, if true, raised a serious issue of violation of right to health of the victims.

More than a dozen cataract surgeries were reportedly conducted at the Taluk hospital from July 22 to August 5 this year.

Source– http://www.thehindu.com

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