A cataract surgery at a government hospital in Metiabruz left a patient partially blind after severe postoperative complications and infection. The case eventually reached the Calcutta High Court, where questions over sterilization, operating theater infrastructure, staffing, and hospital supervision became central to the dispute. The patient underwent cataract surgery at a hospital in Metiabruz. Soon after the procedure, severe complications developed, including infection, requiring a series of treatments.

The problem was not limited to one patient. Of 44 patients who underwent treatment at the facility, 22 suffered visual impairment following the procedures. The patient was subsequently referred to the Regional Institute of Ophthalmology in Kolkata for further treatment. The Director of the institute opined that the incident could have resulted from microbial contamination of…