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Hospital horror: Rat chews off lawyer's toes at St George
Updated On: 06 August, 2011 12:52 AM IST | | Priyanka Vora
Rodent makes a meal of two toes of 70-yr-old Pratap Sawant, who was, ironically, admitted at the hospital to regain sensation in his legs
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Rodent makes a meal of two toes of 70-yr-old Pratap Sawant, who was, ironically, admitted at the hospital to regain sensation in his legs
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In a shocking reversal of the natural sequence of events, two toes on 70-year-old advocate Pratap Sawant's right foot was allegedly chewed off by a rat not before, but after he was admitted to St George hospital.
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The rodent attack came, quite unexpectedly, at the hospital's nursing zone, which is often touted as its VIP zone, in which many of the city's high-flying politicians and administrative officials have been treated.
The Jogeshwari resident's surgery was scheduled for August 8, and he had admitted himself to the nursing home last Tuesday.
Sawant's original ailments were an enlarged prostate and diabetic neuropathy. The debilitating effects of the neuropathy have weakened his nerves, leading him to lose sensation in his legs.
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In a situation loaded with irony, the man who had turned to the hospital to regain use of his legs, woke up on Wednesday morning to find two toes on his right leg bitten and bleeding.
"As soon as Sawant brought the matter to the notice of the attending nurses, doctors rushed to Sawant's bedside.
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Much to their relief, the bones of his feet were found to be intact, but the muscle in the last two toes had been chewed into.
Although the wounds suggest that Sawant's toes have been gnawed off by rats, hospital authorities are reluctant to admit it," said a hospital doctor, on the condition of anonymity.
Hesitant
When MiD DAY visited the hospital yesterday, a hesitant Sawant said, "My operation is due on Monday. If the doctors are enraged with me, I might get into trouble.
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I will speak to you, but only after my operation is over."
Sanjay Gurav, member of the hospital's Visitors' Committee, said, "Rats have become a menacing presence in the hospital.
When my daughter was admitted to the hospital, the food that was given to her would often bear signs of having been nibbled by rats.
I had even lodged a complaint with the Maharashtra Human Rights Commission (MHRC) for the same. He further added, "A little while back, a rat had leapt onto the bed of one of the patients.
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In a shocking reversal of the natural sequence of events, two toes on 70-year-old advocate Pratap Sawant's right foot was allegedly chewed off by a rat not before, but after he was admitted to St George hospital.
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The rodent attack came, quite unexpectedly, at the hospital's nursing zone, which is often touted as its VIP zone, in which many of the city's high-flying politicians and administrative officials have been treated.
The Jogeshwari resident's surgery was scheduled for August 8, and he had admitted himself to the nursing home last Tuesday.
Sawant's original ailments were an enlarged prostate and diabetic neuropathy. The debilitating effects of the neuropathy have weakened his nerves, leading him to lose sensation in his legs.
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In a situation loaded with irony, the man who had turned to the hospital to regain use of his legs, woke up on Wednesday morning to find two toes on his right leg bitten and bleeding.
"As soon as Sawant brought the matter to the notice of the attending nurses, doctors rushed to Sawant's bedside.
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Much to their relief, the bones of his feet were found to be intact, but the muscle in the last two toes had been chewed into.
Although the wounds suggest that Sawant's toes have been gnawed off by rats, hospital authorities are reluctant to admit it," said a hospital doctor, on the condition of anonymity.
Hesitant
When MiD DAY visited the hospital yesterday, a hesitant Sawant said, "My operation is due on Monday. If the doctors are enraged with me, I might get into trouble.
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I will speak to you, but only after my operation is over."
Sanjay Gurav, member of the hospital's Visitors' Committee, said, "Rats have become a menacing presence in the hospital.
When my daughter was admitted to the hospital, the food that was given to her would often bear signs of having been nibbled by rats.
I had even lodged a complaint with the Maharashtra Human Rights Commission (MHRC) for the same. He further added, "A little while back, a rat had leapt onto the bed of one of the patients.
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