The Viet My Medical Equipment promised to provide financial support to 22 patients who became blind after cataract surgeries at the city Eye Hospital due to bacteria present in a surgical aid agent.
Thai Binh Long, the importer company’s director, made the promise at a meeting with hospital officials on June 16.
Hospital tests carried out on the drug showed that infections that resulted from the Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria (pink-red rods) present in trypan blue made by the Indian Khosla Pharmaceutical Company caused the blindness of the 22 patients.
The Viet My Medical Equipment in HCMC’s Go Vap District, imported and distributed Trypan blue to the hospital after winning the bidding.
Mr. Long said he would send test results to the manufacturer to ask for its compliance in compensating the victims.
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