A second newborn girl, bitten by rats at Indore's Government-run Maharaja Yashwantrao Hospital (MYH), died on Wednesday (September 3, 2025) with the medical facility's administration attributing the cause to septicemia (blood poisoning or blood infection).

MYH Deputy Superintendent Dr Jitendra Verma told reporters that the baby, who was recently attacked by rats at the hospital, died during treatment.