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ROHTAK: Thirty-eight elderly people who had undergone eye surgeries at three Haryana government hospitals a few days back, were on Wednesday admitted to Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS) in Rohtak with severe eye infection and pain. "I started experiencing pain in the eyes the very next day. The "botched-up" cataract surgeries have probably rendered them blind, say doctors.They are being treated at by the special retina unit team of PGIMS eye department.It is learnt that nearly 400 patients had got their eyes operated upon at Bhiwani, Karnal and Jhajjar government hospitals on March 11, 13 and 18.Sources said that "botched-up" procedures and medicine use had led to the infection, resulting in pain in the eyes.Munshi Ram of Alwar district in Rajasthan said he had got his eye procedure done at Bhiwani government hospital a couple of days ago and gone home. On consulting a doctor, I was told that pain is a natural occurence after an eye operation, but it became unbearable by the day," he added.Kamla Devi of Jind district said when she went for a checkup after some days after experiencing pain, pus was detected in her eyes and she was referred to PGIMS.Doctors attending on the patients told media persons that the infection is severe and the “situation is quite serious”.One doctor even said that it would be difficult to restore the patients’ eyesight and their eyes may need to be removed to curb the infection from spreading.Dr Varun Arora, public relation office, PGIMS, confirmed that 38 patients had been brought to Rohtak medical college with eye infection and are being treated at the eye department.He said more details would be known after a panel of doctors examines them on Thursday..