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easy..find out who owns the company distributing the brand and check any connections...

I'm no doctor here but 'bilaterally congested conjuctiva' is a description of a disease sign (hope some medics will help me out here). The infection thus inflammation of the conjunctiva (the outer layer covering the white part of the eye) is called conjunctivitis; which are more of the bacterial and viral origin.

The reported cases of the eye infection in Singapore caused by ReNu are fungal corneal infections (fungal origin). Therefore, a differential diagnosis of what Johan was having is still needed.

Nevertheless, the lackadaisical attitude of our MOH and B&L still needs to be addressed here.

And oh, btw, I posed the same question to Soi Lek a month ago.

I AGREE with Art Chan

• Who are the owners of the local distributor?

• What are the political connections?

art chan, I doubt you can really find any connection. Similar consumer vs trader problem exist for more than 30+ years.

You cannot expect much since consumer awareness are weak in the country. From time to time, I even heard public Joe say consumer rights like CAP(Consumer Association of Penang) are "trouble maker" by reporting unsafe/unhealthy products.

Perhaps I can say it is plain stupidity inside human gene that for them to trust governing entity. Do you know that it is the same governing body that handle the consumer affairs and trade? When there is conflict of interest, it is always $$$$ that talk.

Oh yes, not to foget, LOCAL MEDIA also play a roles in reporting unsafe product. Again, when conflict of interest happens......

Hi Jeff

I marvel at the way you can write, write and write. There’s so much in my mind but I can’t get the damn data into black and white.

The way companies are run, bought, sold, merged make me think of Confucius.

Confucius’ teachings on “The Commonwealth State” carry this meaning:

• That able people become leaders of business organizations

• That these business operations benefit the people in the community

• That these business organizations share the wealth by providing jobs that can feed families and educate the young

• That these business organizations serve to protect the weak, the poor, the handicapped and the widowed

Today, we hear criticisms, doubts and suspicions about the way companies are run and the way the regulators function.

Personally, I’ve come to the stage I’m suspicious of every move in the commercial arena.

I ask “Who gains? The shareholders? The business advisers? The employees? The citizens of this country?"

I have used B&L solution for 6 years and (thank God) nothing bad has happened so far. Besides stopping usage of the product itself as a precaution, I think it's also important to point out that proper lens care is required to prevent fungal infections. It was noted that a significant number of the cases in Spore had poor contact lens practice:

http://www.moh.gov.sg/corp/about/newsroom/pressreleases/details.do?id=36077570

So even if you don't use B&L, you are still susceptible to infections if no proper lens care regime is followed.

Must not propagate that this country squeeze,not protecting his own citizens yet benefits from it. This should be an isolated incident where the MoH has oversighted or has low sensivity and did not act per accordance to standard practice. Or all of them are out for hunting seasons, looking all the way out for birds.

Our question should still turn to 'Why didn't our MoH act fast'? And also question Bausch & Lomb on why did not pull it OFF-D-SHELF concurrently worldwide, their initial answer from Bausch & Lomb is scarily really. Just tell them, Malaysian are not white mice, we could not accept by just the simple reason that Malaysia has no such a reported cases and does not need to withdraw from the shelf.

There must be some very interesting treasure in it. Please dig deep..and deeper... You'll be surprise or won't you ?

Funny, I remember a few years ago there was an email in circulation about the very same infection happening to contact lens users and the argument was that users do not clean out their containers regularly and drying them properly before re-using them. Now we have this issue...

I've used contact lenses for the past 10 years, and have used B&L lense solutions for most of that time. While there is always the possibility of a contaminated batch (or batches), I think that user carelessness in how lenses AND solutions are handled are the more likely culprits here.

Having said that both B&L and MoH should do random sample checks on what's on the shelves just to make sure. An unconditional product recall should then be instituted if there really is a problem.

In the meantime, contact lens users, handle your lenses with care and clean hands, and avoid leaving your lense solution bottles uncapped after use.

LC Teh,

What do you mean by drying before reusing?

Afaik, there is no need to dry the lenses before using..

What I usually do is, put the lens in the case and squeeze the multipurpose solution in...and let it soak overnight (at least 4 hrs) and straight away use it without needing to rinse...

I never dry it before...and I dont think the step is necessary for disposable type of lens when use with multipurpose solution..

LOL - izudeen, LC Teh means drying the lens case, not the lenses... ever tried to pop in a dried-up contact lense before? One of the most painful things to do to yourself!

If in doubt..then MOH must suspend the product. What happens if there indeed was a batch that was contaminated..wait for the people to go blind? MOH has failed to protect consumers who have no access to news/internet. I can only think that this decision not to suspend the B&L has vested interest.

aiseh why you all so kepo about the contact lense solution!!! worse case you lose your eyes only

our national cars do not even pass the minimum safety standard set by country like US which is known to be very sensitive about product safety and yet we all willingly pay premium price for them, that alone can cause you to lose more than your eyes. You can lose your family, your arms and legs, your head and even your life.

You all here have very active conspiracy theory mind lah, MOH have share in B&L lah etc.

Just accept it lah they don't have any share they just being garmen.

come to work 8am
read paper until 9.30am
make coffee in pantry and go sit on table, sip coffee slowly while resting for a while after long walk to pantry
10am go drink with everyone in nearby warung
go back to work 11.30
go to pantry and wash the coffee mug and chit chat with collegue in pantry
12 noon go lunch
come back 1.30pm
read jeffooi blog until 2.30pm
do little work until 3pm
3pm go drink again
come back nearly 4pm
pack bag and look at watch and get ready to go home

how to expect to have any advisory or decision made when effective working time daily is maybe 30minutes to 1 hour a day

don't believe me? go see lah 10am and 3pm... all those warungs etc sure full house and 90% garmen staff, the 10% are the warung workers

if you throw a stone around 10am or 3pm in any warung in any part of Malaysia, you can be sure to hit a man, a woman and a consultant and then bounce on the table and hit a monkey and they all work for garmen :)

looks like I also got infected by your all conspiracy theorist

"PETALING JAYA, Feb 24 (Bernama) -- Eye health company Bausch & Lomb (M) Sdn Bhd has volunteered to suspend sales of its ReNu multi-purpose solution in Hong Kong and Singapore to facilitate investigation on the recent fungal keratitis incidents reported in the two countries."