Overview
- The patient-shot clip shows rodents near beds, electrical boards and an oxygen pipeline inside the orthopaedics ward.
- District Magistrate Priyanka Niranjan reprimanded Principal Dhananjay Shrikant Kotasthane and directed immediate action through a formal probe.
- Hospital officials say anti-rodent medicines were sprayed in all wards and report no rats seen afterward, with the investigation continuing.
- New measures limit each patient to one attendant, prohibit large quantities of food inside wards, and begin a comprehensive cleanliness drive.
- Families alleged the problem persisted for days without action, opposition parties escalated criticism, and a physician flagged infection and fire hazards from rodents near medical equipment.