Patna, The state-run Nalanda Medical School and Hospital in Bihar has landed in controversy, after a specifically abled affected person present process remedy on the medical facility claimed that rats had bitten fingers of his proper leg whereas he was asleep.
Controversy erupts at govt hospital in Bihar after rats “bite” fingers of affected person
The incident occurred on Saturday evening within the Orthopedics wing of NMCH, and it got here to gentle after his members of the family alerted the hospital administration.
“We have come to know about the incident… It has been brought to the notice of the medical superintendent,” stated Dr Om Prakash, head of the Orthopedics Division.
The affected person, Awadesh Kumar, instructed reporters that when he awoke on Sunday morning, he seen that a number of fingers of his proper leg have been bitten by rats.
“I saw that the fingers were bleeding. My family members also noticed it and informed the nurses and other medical staff. Rats have been creating havoc here,” Kumar stated.
Bihar Well being Minister Mangal Pandey couldn’t be reached for feedback over the matter.
Reacting to the incident, Chief of Opposition Tejashwi Yadav, in a publish on X stated: “In Patna’s NMCH, a specially abled patient’s fingers were bitten by rats. Recently, rats had gnawed the eye of a deceased person in the same hospital… and no action was taken against anyone.”
The RJD chief alleged that the healthcare equipment of Bihar is in ruins.
“Health Minister Mangal Pandey has ruined the healthcare system in the state that we had improved and nurtured over our 17-month tenure. A department that cannot even ensure cleanliness and safety in its hospitals — where a perfectly healthy person would fall ill — how will it treat patients?
“I am sure they will make a presentation before the chief minister, claiming that the patient’s fingers weren’t nibbled by rats but surgically removed by a state-of-the-art robotic machine worth crores,” Yadav stated.
In November 2024, a watch of a person who succumbed to bullet accidents at NMCH was discovered lacking hours after his dying, with docs blaming rats for gnawing it and members of the family of the deceased suspecting foul play.
The state well being division, which initiated an investigation into the matter, had suspended two nurses for “negligence”.