Punjab govt notifies monthly pension to eye camp victims

Punjab government today issued a notification for the grant of a monthly pension of Rs 2000 per month to the victims who lost their vision at the eye camps held recently at Amritsar and Gurdaspur.
"As many as 35 cases have been identified who have completely lost their vision and would be given monthly pension of Rs 2000," an official spokesperson said.
He said that to implement the order, the government has also given a one time relaxation in the rules of granting special pensions in the Social Security Department.
In December, a Mathura-based NGO had organised an eye camp in Gurdaspur without taking the health department and the district administration in confidence.

The cataract surgery in the eye camp was performed in unhygienic conditions following which the eyes of patients were found to be permanently damaged, he added.