Overview
- A viral clip from Gonda Government Medical College’s orthopaedics ward shows rats moving near beds and over oxygen pipelines.
- District Magistrate Priyanka Niranjan reprimanded principal Prof Dhananjay Shrikant Kotastane and instructed immediate corrective steps.
- The administration conducted pest-control spraying across wards, formed an inquiry team, and announced stricter ward management, including limiting attendants and removing unnecessary items; officials later said no rats were seen after the spraying.
- Hospital officials Dr DN Singh and Dr Anil Tiwari pledged regular cleaning, while the principal said food brought by relatives attracts rodents and that responsibility will be fixed.
- Patients’ families described the issue as recurring, and the Congress party shared the footage to criticise the Uttar Pradesh government.