Overview

• Hospital and medical college authorities reported one infant died and another remains in critical care after separate rat-bite incidents inside MY Hospital’s neonatal unit.
• Disciplinary steps include suspending two NICU nurses, removing the nursing superintendent, issuing show-cause notices, and fining the pest-control contractor Rs 1 lakh.
• A high-level committee has been constituted to investigate the lapses, with officials setting a short timeline for a report.
• Immediate mitigation measures include a 24-hour vigil, installation of iron window nets, a renewed pest-eradication drive, and restrictions on outside food in wards.
• Officials cited long gaps since comprehensive pest control, nearby infested old buildings, monsoon-related rodent movement, and glue-trap shortages, as opposition leaders circulated the NICU video and demanded a judicial inquiry.