BUREWALA - A total of ten people‘s eyesight including five females and as many males have allegedly been infected in a private hospital owing to usage of injection Avastin, APP has learned reliably.
The vision of most of the patients has been lost completely while they have been referred to some big cities including Lahore, Multan, and Sahiwal hospitals for treatment.
The infected patients included: M. Ilyas, Kishwara Bibi, M,.Razzaq, Hanifa Bibi, Nazraian Bibi, M.Sharif, Farzana Bibi, Zakir Hussain, Fahreen Shah, and Zulfqar were inoculated with the injection at Sajjad Eye Hospital, Lalazar Colony Burewala. When contacted Ophthalmologist, Dr Sajjad confirmed that ten patients were affected by the injection adding that most of the patients had lost their vision while the eyesight of two or three patients was partially damaged. He stated that they had purchased the injection from Lahore or Karachi keeping in view the demand and added that it was used for the sugar patient’s vision treatment.
