Before the District Court Nicosia Court the case of 8 patients who were infected[/B] with a multi-resistant strain of pseudomonas after cataract procedures at a private hospital in Nicosia about a year and a half ago.
The two doctors face 8 charges one for each patient, for negligent and reckless acts during medical and surgical procedures.
- Today at the Legal Service the file on cataract surgeries. Satisfied relatives... seek vindication
- 8 patients were rushed to Makareio after cataract surgery in a private hospital. Serious complications
[*]A patient who was contaminated by cataract surgery has died. "They can't relate it to the complications," Harilaou says in
[*]"I lost my eye after cataract surgery. Still the state... we demand justice"
According to the Cyprus Times the start of their trial has been set for April 6 where the two defendants will be called to answer the charges against them.
The two doctors, however, according to information from the outset that they were called to testify, do not admit any responsibility in the contamination of patients with the pseudomonas strain.
It is recalled that the two doctors were charged following instructions from the Legal Service.
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