100 rats caught from Andhra hospital after baby's death

After the shocking incident of a newborn dying of rat attack in Government district hospital in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh adminisrration on Friday put three officials under suspension and transferred two top officials including the superintendent Venugopal and Pediatrics surgeon Bhaskar Rao.Minister for Medical and Health, Kamineni Srinivas, told the reporters on Friday that the Government had taken the incident very seriously and ordered a thorough probe into the functioning of the hospital.

The pathetic condition of the hospital came to light when rat catchers caught at least hundred rats from the hospital including the operation theaters.

Incident of rats attacking a ten-day old baby in neo-natal intensive care unit of the Government district hospial has triggered a wave of anger and dismay over the functioning of the hospital.

After the overnight attack of the rats which left the baby with serious wounds on his face, left eye and other parts of the body, the parents were shocked to find him bleeding on the morning of Tuesday.

Baby’s mother lakshmi alleged that criminal negligence by the doctors and other staff members of the hospital caused the tragedy. “They even failed to treat the baby even after the rat attack,” she said crying inconsolably.In a belated action, the administration hired the services of a team of rat catchers from East Godavari district who caught more than a 100 rats from the wards of the hospital.