State lets eye doctor practice despite lawsuits

TRIBUNE WATCHDOG: State lets Dr. Nicholas Caro practice despite lawsuits, more than $1 million in damages By Deborah L. Shelton | Tribune reporter Karen Thiel just wanted to see well without wearing contact lenses. Instead she became the victim of a botched procedure that seriously injured her cornea and resulted in persistent pain, a series of eye infections and permanent vision loss. Ten years after her surgery, the now-retired clerical worker says she still has trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses. The same year, in 1999, Nicholas Pucek went through a similar ordeal. Too much of his cornea was cut away during a corrective procedure on his left eye, and a flap of the cornea dislocated. Pucek sought treatment for complications more than two dozen times over a six-week period and eventually received a cornea transplant.... [read full story]                    

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