Patient Bitten By Rats In Telangana Hospital ICU Dies

Following the shocking incident, the respiratory ICU head of department has been suspended and the hospital superintendent has been transferred

A 38-year-old man left bleeding by rats inside the respiratory intensive care unit (ICU) of Warangal's MGM Hospital, and subsequently shifted to Hyderabad's NIMS Hospital, died shortly after midnight last night.

Director of Nizams Institute of Medical Sciences, Dr K Manohar, told NDTV that Srinivas had a history of chronic alcoholism. His liver pancreas and kidneys were badly affected. He was already on ventilator and had suffered a cardiac attack twice before, once at a private hospital and again at MGM.

"Even on the way to NIMS, he suffered a heart attack and came with a very poor pulse and BP (blood pressure)," he said. "The death happened due to these complications and not due to rat bite," he said.

Patients and public are, however, enraged and shocked at the state of affairs at MGM Hospital, one of the most prestigious government hospitals in Telangana.