Bizman loses vision after eye surgery, alleges negligence

A 67-year-old Navi Mumbai-based businessman, Rajendra Hardayal Gupta, has approached the Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC) and Vashi police, alleging that he permanently lost vision in his left eye after ophthalmologists Dr Chandan Pandit and Dr DV Pandit — a father-son duo — performed cataract surgery on both his eyes.

- Rupsa Chakraborty

MUMBAI: The doctors overlooked Gupta's diabetic condition and bypassed key pre-operative safeguards which caused the vision loss, Gupta has alleged.

The businessman first consulted the doctors in December 2024. Despite disclosing his uncontrolled diabetes, he was pressured to undergo cataract surgery on his right eye, he told HT. "I was worried about the risks. But they kept saying, 'We've done surgeries on diabetics worse than you. Nothing will go wrong'," he said.

The first surgery was performed on December 31, 2024, after Gupta made an advance payment of ₹70,000. Although he experienced a poking sensation, constant discomfort, and blurred vision in the right eye after the surgery, the doctors asked him to be patient and said things would improve with time.