INDORE: In a shocking incident, two newborns were bitten by a rat inside a major government hospital in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore city, Indian media reported.
According to reports, the infants were admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) due to weakness. The rat allegedly bit one baby on the finger and the other on the shoulder.
Hospital administration stated that one of the infants, a baby girl weighing 1.2 kilograms, had been admitted with pneumonia, while the second, weighing 1.6 kilograms, was on a ventilator. Both were bitten by a rat – one on the finger and the other on the shoulder.
Authorities clarified that the baby girl’s death was not caused by the rat bite but due to her pre-existing medical condition.
The incident has triggered outrage and raised serious concerns about hospital hygiene and patient safety standards, prompting an official inquiry.
