Several appalling videos are doing the rounds on the Internet which have raised serious questions over the situation of hygiene in government hospitals in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
The videos are being shared in large numbers on various social media accounts in which rats are seen creating havoc and running over patients at the hospitals in the state. The incident is said to be worrying for the patients who are admitted in the hospitals and receiving treatment.
Rats are seen running up and down the beds
The incident came to light from Rampur District Hospital where rats are seen running up and down the beds where patients are lying with blankets over their faces.
The rats are also seen running on the floors of the hospitals. The hospital is infested heavily by rats which is dangerous for the patients. The rats can bite the patients and also infect their food and medicines which is kept alongside them.
Another hospital infested with rats
Another such video has also come to light from another hospital from Uttar Pradesh. The video is said to have been shot at the Malkhan Singh District Hospital in Aligarh.
It can be seen in the video that rats are creating a ruckus at the hospital and running helter-skelter on the floors of the hospital.
The videos also expose the abysmal state of healthcare in the state. Have you had a similar experience ever? Do let us know in the comments box below.
(The article is published under a mutual content partnership arrangement between The Free Press Journal and Connected to India)