68 people were completely or partially blind after erroneous treatment of cataract. It is the injection of a dangerous substance in the eye.
As many as 68 people fully or partially lost vision after injections in the eye to treat cataracts. We are talking about patients from American Dallas, who promised a “clear vision” after the creepy kind of manipulation, in which they needle of the syringe pierced the eyeball to the introduction of a liquid containing a mixture of steroids and antibiotics. This solution was to become a permanent alternative to eye drops, reducing inflammation and irritation.
However, it turned out that part of this fluid is infected, of which six dozen patients faced with irreversible damage to vision. Eye clinic Key-Whitman Eye Center alleges that the surgeons were not medical errors, and the blame for the incident it is necessary equipment for injection – company of Guardian Pharmacy Services, also located in Dallas. Representing the interests of the 43 patients attorney Andrew Sommerman argues that it is incumbent upon eye center is testing the safety and efficacy of all products used. And the tool for injection have never been tested.
All affected patients were treated between 9 and 19 February. All clients of this lawyer was blind, at least in one eye, and the lawyer claims that no one had noted any improvement. Most of them had recently retired and planned to travel to see the world. Sommerman, with sad irony notes that now make it it will be twice harder. Some of the victims worked as drivers, artists, and held other positions that require very good vision. (READ MORE)