Date expired medicines were found distributed to the patients in a free eye camp organized in Haldibari of Jhapa.

After the incident came to light, the Haldibari Rural Municipality formed a three-member probe committee.

A village executive meeting formed the three-member committee under the headship of Health Branch Head Pushkar Niraula.

Administration Branch Chief Rajan Neupane and Accounts Head Deepak Bhattarai are the members of the committee.

Health Branch Chief Nirula said that the committee will submit the probe report to the rural municipality within three days.

A total of 501 people underwent eye tests in the camp.

Among them, 378 persons were distributed glasses and 26 have been referred to the Mechi Netralaya for cataract surgery.

The Sterile eye medicine distributed in the camp has expiry dates of April 2022 and November 2021

Haldibari-4 Ward Chairman Santa Kumar Thapa said that he has no knowledge about the incident.

The expired medicines were found in 11 families of the same village, local Pankaj Sah said.