Blinded by corruption: Systemic failures cripple Madhya Pradesh healthcare
40 people blinded in a botched eye camp underline corruption and rot across the states hospitals.
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Rasheed Kasim of Ekalwara village cannot see.
In order to correct an uncertain vision, he underwent a cataract operation at a camp in Barwani district, Madhya Pradesh, last month and lost the little sight he had. I have two daughters to marry off, Kasim wailed. What will I do now?
Kasim is one of 40-odd people, most of them over 60, who have suffered complete loss of vision after being operated on at the camp. 27 of the victims are now being treated at two of Indores hospitals- Maharaja Yashwant Rao Hospital and Sri Aurobindo Institute of Medical Science. Doctors there however say these patients will likely never recover their sight.
Read more at: http://scroll.in/article/774946/blin...esh-healthcare
40 people blinded in a botched eye camp underline corruption and rot across the states hospitals.
Rasheed Kasim of Ekalwara village cannot see.
In order to correct an uncertain vision, he underwent a cataract operation at a camp in Barwani district, Madhya Pradesh, last month and lost the little sight he had. I have two daughters to marry off, Kasim wailed. What will I do now?
Kasim is one of 40-odd people, most of them over 60, who have suffered complete loss of vision after being operated on at the camp. 27 of the victims are now being treated at two of Indores hospitals- Maharaja Yashwant Rao Hospital and Sri Aurobindo Institute of Medical Science. Doctors there however say these patients will likely never recover their sight.
Read more at: http://scroll.in/article/774946/blin...esh-healthcare