A 24-year-old patient, who was bitten by a rat near his eye at a civic-run hospital in suburban Ghatkopar, has died at the medical facility, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation(BMC) officials said.
On Tuesday, a relative of the patient alleged that a rat had bitten near his eye, when he was admitted to the ICU of the hospital, prompting Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednakar to order a probe into the matter.
The patient was suffering from Alcohol-related liver diseases and was in a very critical condition since the day of admission in the Rajawadi Hospital, they said , adding that he died on wednesday.
On Tuesday , reacting to the rat bite bite incident, the hospital’s Dean Dr. Vidhya Thakur had said they have taken some rodent repellent measures and will take utmost care to avoid such incidents.
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