WARANGAL: Rodents in the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial (MGM) Hospital Warangal bit a patient undergoing treatment in the Orthopaedic Ward.
The incident came to light on Saturday after the patient's family members revealed the negligence of the hospital authorities.
The patient was identified as Arsham Bharath Kumar (27), a resident of Nandigam village in Nallabelly Mandal of Warangal district. He was admitted to MGM Hospital on November 16, 2025, after sustaining severe injuries in a road accident. Due to the seriousness of his condition, doctors were forced to amputate one of his legs during treatment in the orthopaedic department in the hospital.
According to the patient’s relatives, rodents bit Bharath Kumar’s finger while he was lying on the bed in the Orthopaedic Department, Male Ward, Unit II, in the hospital.
After the rodent bite, Bharath Kumar's family members immediately alerted the hospital staff, following which a tetanus (TT) injection was administered to the patient as a precautionary measure.
After revealing the incident to the media, the hospital authorities are discharging the patient, Bharath Kumar, from the hospital. They alleged that instead of providing the treatment to the patient, the hospital authorities were attempting to discharge him prematurely to avoid responsibility if complications arose.
Recalling recent past incidents in the MGM Hospital, negligence of doctors and staff in the state-run hospital in 2022 resulted in the death of a patient, P Srinivas (42), from rodent bites. He was admitted to the Respiratory Intensive Care Unit (RICU), and while undergoing treatment, rodents bit him. After the incident, MGM Hospital authorities shifted the patient to NIMS, Hyderabad, for better treatment, but he died.
As many as 600 outsourcing staff for patient care, sanitation, security and pest control were recruited through three private agencies. The MGM Hospital Warangal authorities were paying Rs 1.30 crore monthly under the Integrated Hospital Facility Management Services (IHFMS) to a private agency for maintenance. Interestingly, the private agency contract had ended four months ago; however, the hospital authorities continued extending the contract and releasing funds on time.
When Express contacted the MGM Hospital Warangal Superintendent, Dr P Harish Chandra Reddy, he was not available for comment.