Rats feed on coma patient's foot at Madhya Pradesh govt hospital
Rats ate into the skin on the foot of a patient at a hospital in Ratlam. The patient is in coma.
In Short
- Rats gorged on a patient's foot at an MP govt hospital
- The patient is in coma and failed to move to stop the rats
- The incident came to light when his father came to visit on Monday
The poor health infrastructure in the country has once again come to light in the latest incident at a government hospital in Madhya Pradesh's Ratlam. Rats gorged on the right foot of a patient who is in coma and undergoing treatment at the state facility.
The rodents have eaten into the skin of the patient identified as Sooraj Bhatti who has been undergoing treatment at the district hospital for the past several days. Sooraj's family members are waiting for his revival.
The incident took place on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday and it came to light only on Monday when Sooraj's father arrived at the hospital to visit him.
He saw blood stains on Sooraj's hospital bed and observed that he was bleeding from his right foot.
He immediately rushed to ask the ward boy and nurses about the bleeding when he was told that rats must have eaten into his foot at night.
The family members were apparently told that there is no way to take out the rodent menace in the hospital. Hospital staff did not anticipate that the rodents can also attack patients.
A surgeon at the district hospital, Anand Chandlekar said that there will be a thorough investigation into the incident and the culprits will be brought to book.
The doctor has said that the hospital take adequate steps to get rid of the rodent menace.