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China brothers jailed for dodgy eye surgery scam

19 Mar 2007 14:05:37 GMT
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BEIJING, March 19 (Reuters) - A Chinese court has upheld jail terms for two brothers, acting as surgeons, whose cataract laser treatments resulted in nine people having their eyes surgically removed, Xinhua news agency said on Monday.

Judges at Suzhou Intermediate People's Court, in eastern Anhui province, issued a final ruling that the two had been rightly convicted of illegally practising medicine and should serve their jail terms of five and six years.

The problems began in December 2005, when the two operated on 10 patients at Suzhou City Hospital.

"Nine of the patients who had the surgery were infected with the Bacillus pyocyaneus in the eyes that day, which eventually led to the removal of their eyes," Xinhua said.

The cause of the infection is still unknown.

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