<p>Patna: The state-run Nalanda Medical College and Hospital (NMCH) in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/bihar">Bihar</a> has landed in controversy, after a specially abled patient undergoing treatment at the medical facility claimed that rats had bitten fingers of his right leg while he was asleep.</p>.<p>The incident took place on Saturday night in the Orthopedics wing of NMCH, and it came to light after his family members alerted the hospital administration.</p>.<p>“We have come to know about the incident… It has been brought to the notice of the medical superintendent,” said Dr Om Prakash, head of the Orthopedics Department.</p>.<p>The patient, Awadesh Kumar, told reporters that when he woke up on Sunday morning, he noticed that a few fingers of his right leg were bitten by rats. </p>.New York City's secret weapon in the war on rats: Katie the dog.<p>“I saw that the fingers were bleeding. My family members also noticed it and informed the nurses and other medical staff. Rats have been creating havoc here,” Kumar said.</p>.<p>Bihar Health Minister Mangal Pandey could not be reached for comments over the matter.</p>.<p>Reacting to the incident, Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Yadav, in a post on X said: “In Patna’s NMCH, a specially abled patient’s fingers were bitten by rats. Recently, rats had gnawed the eye of a deceased person in the same hospital... and no action was taken against anyone.” The RJD leader alleged that the healthcare apparatus of Bihar is in ruins.</p>.<p>“Health Minister Mangal Pandey has ruined the healthcare system in the state that we had improved and nurtured over our 17-month tenure. A department that cannot even ensure cleanliness and safety in its hospitals — where a perfectly healthy person would fall ill — how will it treat patients? “I am sure they will make a presentation before the chief minister, claiming that the patient’s fingers weren’t nibbled by rats but surgically removed by a state-of-the-art robotic machine worth crores,” Yadav said.</p>.<p>In November 2024, an eye of a man who succumbed to bullet injuries at NMCH was found missing hours after his death, with <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/bihar/bihar-mans-eye-missing-hours-after-death-hospital-says-it-was-rats-report-3279926">doctors blaming rats</a> for gnawing it and family members of the deceased suspecting foul play.</p>.<p>The state health department, which initiated an investigation into the matter, had suspended two nurses for “negligence”. </p>
<p>Patna: The state-run Nalanda Medical College and Hospital (NMCH) in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/bihar">Bihar</a> has landed in controversy, after a specially abled patient undergoing treatment at the medical facility claimed that rats had bitten fingers of his right leg while he was asleep.</p>.<p>The incident took place on Saturday night in the Orthopedics wing of NMCH, and it came to light after his family members alerted the hospital administration.</p>.<p>“We have come to know about the incident… It has been brought to the notice of the medical superintendent,” said Dr Om Prakash, head of the Orthopedics Department.</p>.<p>The patient, Awadesh Kumar, told reporters that when he woke up on Sunday morning, he noticed that a few fingers of his right leg were bitten by rats. </p>.New York City's secret weapon in the war on rats: Katie the dog.<p>“I saw that the fingers were bleeding. My family members also noticed it and informed the nurses and other medical staff. Rats have been creating havoc here,” Kumar said.</p>.<p>Bihar Health Minister Mangal Pandey could not be reached for comments over the matter.</p>.<p>Reacting to the incident, Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Yadav, in a post on X said: “In Patna’s NMCH, a specially abled patient’s fingers were bitten by rats. Recently, rats had gnawed the eye of a deceased person in the same hospital... and no action was taken against anyone.” The RJD leader alleged that the healthcare apparatus of Bihar is in ruins.</p>.<p>“Health Minister Mangal Pandey has ruined the healthcare system in the state that we had improved and nurtured over our 17-month tenure. A department that cannot even ensure cleanliness and safety in its hospitals — where a perfectly healthy person would fall ill — how will it treat patients? “I am sure they will make a presentation before the chief minister, claiming that the patient’s fingers weren’t nibbled by rats but surgically removed by a state-of-the-art robotic machine worth crores,” Yadav said.</p>.<p>In November 2024, an eye of a man who succumbed to bullet injuries at NMCH was found missing hours after his death, with <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/bihar/bihar-mans-eye-missing-hours-after-death-hospital-says-it-was-rats-report-3279926">doctors blaming rats</a> for gnawing it and family members of the deceased suspecting foul play.</p>.<p>The state health department, which initiated an investigation into the matter, had suspended two nurses for “negligence”. </p>