Bhathiya Barukanda
Three patients who were subjected to permanent loss of sight due to the use of ‘Prednisolone Acetatean’ eye drops used after cataract surgeries at a government hospital, filed lawsuits before the Colombo District Court today claiming Rs.300 million from former Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella and ten others for the damage caused to their eyes and possible threats to their lives.
Keheliya Rambukwella, Janaka Chandraguptha, the National Medicines Regulatory Authority, Prof. S.D. Jayaratne, Dr. Vijith Gunasekera, Dr. Asela Gunawardene, Dr. Rohan Edirisinghe, Dr. Mahendra Seneviratne, Chamee Chemist (Pvt) Ltd of Yakkala, Indiana Ophthalmics LLP and the Attorney General were named an the defendants of these plaints.
The plaintiff filed these lawsuits through Attorneys Sampath Wijewardene, Thamali Kuruppu and Pravinka Ratnasekera of the Invictus Law Firm, demanding compensation from the eleven defendants.
