NHRC takes suo moto cognisance of rats gnawing feet of patients at Jodhpur hospital, seeks report from Govt
The commission has observed that the content of the media report, if true, indicates the violation of the right to health and medical care of the patients, which is a matter of concern for it.;
New Delhi: Taking cognisance of the media report that rats are gnawing on the feet of patients in the psychiatry department of the MDM Hospital in Jodhpur, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday issued a notice to the Rajasthan government seeking a detailed report in four weeks.
The NHRC on Tuesday issued a notice to the Rajasthan government over rats allegedly found gnawing the feet of patients in a government-run hospital in Jodhpur.
Reportedly, the number of rats has increased so much that in ward C of its psychiatry department, they have bitten four patients, the National Human Rights Commission said in a statement.
The NHRC has taken “suo motu cognisance of a media report that rats are gnawing on the feet of patients in government-run Mathura Das Mathur Hospital (MDMH) in Jodhpur”, it said.
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