Eyes missing from bodies at Indian hospitals

A north Indian state is investigating after eyes went missing from two bodies at state hospitals.

Uttar Pradesh official Achche Lal said organ traffickers are suspected and new post-mortem examinations are planned.

The parents of a 16-year-old boy said his left eye was missing on Sunday, though both eyes were intact when he died from a road accident in Lucknow.

The teenager’s father, Sohan Lal, said doctors told him “the eye might have fallen out”.

Relatives of a rickshaw puller who died yesterday from asthma filed a police complaint after finding his body with no eyes.

A state hospital worker and two paramedics were arrested.

Ophthalmologist NB Singh said government waiting lists for eye transplants are up to six years long, while private hospitals charge at least $500 (€380).