JustRalph
08-06-2008, 10:04 PM
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/majornews/2505011/Hospitals-infested-with-rats-fleas-and-bed-bugs.html
http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1488655367/bctid1713823751 For Video report
Hospitals infested with rats, fleas and bed bugs
Hygiene standards in NHS hospitals have been called into question after it emerged they are routinely dealing with infestations of vermin.
Outbreaks have included rats in maternity wards, wasps and fleas in neo-natal units, bed bug infestations, flies in operating theatres and maggots found in patients' slippers.
The data, uncovered using Freedom of Information rules, include hospitals with maggots, "over-run" with ants and mice "all over" wards; cockroaches in a urology unit and a store for sterile materials infested with mice.
The figures raise questions over standards of cleanliness and hygiene in hospitals although the healthcare regulator said complaints about pests were 'negligible'.
~more at the link~
http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1488655367/bctid1713823751 For Video report
Hospitals infested with rats, fleas and bed bugs
Hygiene standards in NHS hospitals have been called into question after it emerged they are routinely dealing with infestations of vermin.
Outbreaks have included rats in maternity wards, wasps and fleas in neo-natal units, bed bug infestations, flies in operating theatres and maggots found in patients' slippers.
The data, uncovered using Freedom of Information rules, include hospitals with maggots, "over-run" with ants and mice "all over" wards; cockroaches in a urology unit and a store for sterile materials infested with mice.
The figures raise questions over standards of cleanliness and hygiene in hospitals although the healthcare regulator said complaints about pests were 'negligible'.
~more at the link~