Rats Eat Human Eyes in Andhra Pradesh
Rats have mutilated a corpse in Andhra Pradesh due to the apparent neglect and incompetence of a Hospital.
Vaikunta Vasu, a small-time contractor from Eluru district of Andhra Pradesh on 28th January 2020.
He died on the spot and his body was shifted to the Government General Hospital at Eluru the same night for a post-mortem examination.When his relatives came to the mortuary on Wednesday morning, they noticed that the eyeballs and eyelids of the corpse had been eaten by rodents.
The staff at the mortuary conducted the post-mortem examination, handed over the body to the relatives, and tried to hush up the incident.Hospital authorities said that they hired a company to clean the hospital.
They have blamed the company and said it was responsible for the unhygienic conditions leading to breeding of rodents in the premises. The company hired to clean the premises has reportedly not been clearing the garbage as well. Which has led to more rats.
The Hospital will send them a warning. The freezers to preserve bodies have not been functioning. Of the six freezers in the mortuary, only one is said to be working.
People have said this is not the first time. Relatives have complained that another body was also eaten by rats.
