Chennai (PTI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Monday announced a compensation of Rs 5 lakhs to each of the 20 people who complained of blurred vision after undergoing cataract surgery during an eye camp at Perambalur.

A monthly pension of Rs 400 would also be alloted to the victims who are currently undergoing treatment, Karunanidhi said in a statement, adding the government would conduct a detailed inquiry into the matter.

The camp was conducted by a private Joseph Institute of Ophthalmology on July 28 and the patients were allegedly administered "contaminated" eye drops during a cataract operation then.

Six of them were yesterday declared fully blind by doctors.

Karunanidhi said he had deputed Health Minister M R K Paneerselvam to visit the victims undergoing treatment at the hospital in Tiruchirapalli, the release said.