India, Oct. 25 -- Sub-district hospital in Manchar, Ambegaon Tehsil of Pune district has been ordered to keep its operation theatre closed after a patient reportedly urinated on an operating table, raising concerns over whether proper disinfection was carried out before cataract surgeries resumed four days later.

In a show-cause notice issued on October 23, district ophthalmic surgeon Dr Anjallee Kulkarni flagged alleged lapses at the sub-district hospital in Manchar, Ambegaon taluka. The notice said a patient urinated on the operating table on October 17 and that cataract surgeries were subsequently performed at the facility on October 21.

The notice alleged that the operation theatre continued to function without the required swab bei...