About 20 people reportedly lost their eyesight after undergoing intra-ocular transplant (IOT) operations at Basti branch of world-famous Sitapur eye hospital. Although cases of people losing their eyes after eye camps have been reported, never in the history of Uttar Pradesh have such a large number of persons turned blind that too when these operations were performed at a branch of an internationally reputed hospital.Dr A S Thakur, the eye surgeon who performed these operations, is absconding ever since the incident came to light.