Rats in Indian hospital kill patient

A 38-year-old man bitten by rats in the respiratory intensive care unit (ICU) was left bleeding in a hospital in Telangana, India, and passed away after being transferred to a different hospital,NDTV reported.

“The death happened due to complications and not due to rat-bite,” Director of Nizams Institute of Medical Sciences, Dr K Manohar was quoted by NDTV.

The public is however infuriated at MGM Hospital, where Srinivas was left with the rats.

“He was bleeding badly. The bed was blood-soaked, so I complained,” the patient’s brother Srikant said.

The staff and patients reported that rats were fairly common due to the drainage under repair.

“Nothing we can do as the drainage work is under repair,” a nurse said.