00:00Let's turn to tonight's shocker. Imagine battling illness in hospitals while rats crawl around your hospital bed.
00:08That's the horrifying reality that has surfaced from a government hospital in Uttar Pradesh's Gonda district.
00:14A viral video shows multiple rats swarming inside the orthopedic ward, crawling over rods, darting between beds, scurrying near medicines meant for patients.
00:24The shocking visuals have raised a larger question. How safe are patients inside government district hospitals?
00:30Take a look at tonight's Get Real India story.
00:43Imagine having rats crawl all around you as you lay in a hospital bed hoping to be treated.
00:50This is a stomach-curdling scene from a government hospital in Uttar Pradesh's Gonda district that has gone viral.
00:58Not one or two, but several rats were seen crawling along a rod, attempting to tear open a plastic bag inside the orthopedic ward.
01:08Over a dozen rats were seen darting from one side of the bed to the other and around the steel rack where the medication was placed.
01:15Gonda district hospital administration is now under fire for the tragic state of health centre.
01:32After the video went viral, hospital authorities swung into action.
01:35Pest control spraying was carried out in the orthopedic ward, with multiple glue pads were placed across the hospital premises to trap the rodents.
01:45Officials have also ordered a complete renovation of the district hospital.
01:48The authorities have meanwhile appealed to the kin of the patients to dispose of the patients.
02:18leftover food items in the dustbin and not inside the wards.
02:23However, the incident has once again spotlighted the urgent need for stricter hygiene protocols, routine inspections and accountability in government-run medical institutions.
02:33With Archul Srivastava in Gonda, Bureau Report, India Today.
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