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Probe Ordered at Gonda Medical College After Viral Video Shows Rats in Orthopaedics Ward

District authorities opened an inquiry after the footage, with hospital leaders reporting pest‑control spraying across wards.

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.