KPC Medical College under fire again over botched surgery

Kolkata | Wednesday | 29th January, 2020

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Kolkata: The family members of a 65-year-old woman from Birbhum have brought charges of glaring medical negligence against KPC Medical College and Hospital in Jadavpur and registered a complaint at the local police station regarding the same. The hospital allegedly conducted a botched cataract surgery in the left eye of the elderly woman, which eventually led to the loss of her vision in the left eye. The KPC Medical College and Hospital authorities have constituted a 7-member team to probe the alleged medical negligence. "I was admitted to KPC Medical College and Hospital under Dr Partha Pratim Mondal and the cataract surgery was carried out on my left eye on January 11. Within a few hours of removing the cover of the left eye, I felt pain and it got infected..