Overview

• A passenger travelling to Bengaluru reported a rat bite in the departure area of Indore’s Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport on September 23.
• Airport officials said the passenger was given a tetanus injection, wound dressing and antibiotics, while a rabies vaccine was not available at the airport medical room.
• Local reports said the passenger later received a rabies shot in Bengaluru after departing Indore.
• Airport management fined the pest-control agency, issued a show-cause notice to the housekeeping contractor, and directed the contracted hospital to replace the duty doctor for insensitive behavior.
• Authorities said fresh pest-control measures were carried out and staff were instructed to prevent a recurrence, as scrutiny grows following recent rat-bite cases reported at Indore’s MYH hospital.