No loss of sight due to cataract operations: Health minister

Gandhinagar, Mar 22 (UNI) Of the 10,907 cataract operations performed in government dispensaries of Surendranagar district, no person had lost his sight, Health Minister Ashok Bhatt said here today.

Mr Bhatt was responding in the Gujarat Assembly to a short notice question from Mohammad Farooq Sheikh of Kalupur constituency over media reports saying cases of loss of eyesight after cataract operations were reported from Wadhwan taluka in Surendranagar.

He said ''There has not been a single case of loss of sight after cataract operations in the past one year.'' He said from April 1 last year to February 28 this year, 5,39,074 cataract operations were conducted in the State without any complaints. Two cases of loss of sight were initially reported.

However, their sight was restored after some time, Mr Bhatt added.

UNI