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A passenger was bitten by a rat at Indore’s Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport, days after two newborns died following rat attacks at Maharaja Yashwantrao Chikitsalaya.
The incident at the Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport follows the outrage caused by the recent deaths of two newborn girls at a government hospital after they had been bitten by rats in the ICU. (Representational)
In a shocking and bizarre incident, a passenger was allegedly bitten by a rat after it crawled into his pants while he was waiting for his flight at Indore’s Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport.
The incident took place on Tuesday when the man, travelling with his wife to Bengaluru, was allegedly bitten by a rodent in the departure area of the airport, news agency PTI reported.
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As per Free Press Journal report, while waiting in the departure hall on the ground floor, the man was resting on a recliner when suddenly a rat entered his pants. In panic, he grabbed the rat from outside, but it bit him behind his knee. He quickly removed his pants and caught the rat.
After the chaos, airport staff rushed to the spot and took him to the medical room, where he was administered an injection and given antibiotic tablets by the airport doctor.
Airport Director Vipinkant Seth told PTI that the passenger was possibly bitten by a rat and was immediately given proper treatment.
“We have once again carried out pest control in the airport premises following this incident,” he said.
The incident came days after two newborn girls died after rats attacked them in a government-run hospital on September 1.
Two newborn girls, suffering from congenital health issues, died after rats attacked them in the Intensive Care Unit of the city’s government-run Maharaja Yashwantrao Chikitsalaya on the nights of August 31 and September 1.
Faced with allegations of gross negligence, the MYH administration claimed that the deaths were not related to rat bites and that the two newborns succumbed to pre-existing serious health problems.
Notably, Indore has been consistently ranked as the cleanest city of the country in official surveys.
(With inputs from PTI)
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Shobhit Gupta is a sub-editor at News18.com and covers India and International news. He is interested in day to day political affairs in India and geopolitics. He earned his BA Journalism (Hons) degree from Ben…Read More
Shobhit Gupta is a sub-editor at News18.com and covers India and International news. He is interested in day to day political affairs in India and geopolitics. He earned his BA Journalism (Hons) degree from Ben… Read More
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