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Hospital faces cataract complications claims

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Dozens of patients that received outsourced cataract surgery on the NHS have been left with impaired vision, pain and discomfort

Dozens of patients that received outsourced cataract surgery on the NHS have been left with impaired vision, pain and discomfort.

A total of 31 out of 64 patients treated by Vanguard Healthcare Solutions on behalf of Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton in Somerset reported complications. One, an 84-year-old man, claimed he has been left blind by the routine surgery.

A report in the Somerset County Gazette said that the services provided by Vanguard were terminated after four days. The value of the contract was estimated to be £320,000, with 400 operations scheduled.

In the same article, the hospital’s medical director Dr Colin Close said the firm had been drafted in to reduce a backlog of patients. He was also quoted as saying that the hospital could face compensation claims and that financial responsibility would rest with Musgrove Park.

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