Newborn nibbled by rats in J&K govt hospital, dies

JAMMU: A newborn was nibbled by rats in the maternity ward of a government hospital in Kishtwar, with parents claiming that the baby died due to rodent bites. Ghulam

JAMMU: A newborn was nibbled by rats in the maternity ward of a government hospital in Kishtwar, with parents claiming that the baby died due to rodent bites. Ghulam Hassan, a resident of Chhatru village, took his wife to the hospital where she delivered a boy on Thursday, a police officer said on Sunday. He said when Hassan visited on Friday, he found the baby dead with rat bites visible on his body. Gurjeet Singh, director of health services in Jammu, said a probe has been launched. “Preliminary probe suggests the baby had already died due to some illness and was nibbled by rats after his death,” Singh said.

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