Rodent traps placed inside the Maharaja Yashwantrao Hospital in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore, where two infants were bitten by rats in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and died days later.
| Photo Credit: A.M. Faruqui
At dusk on August 29, Manju Devi was rushed to the primary health centre (PHC) in Rajod town of Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar district. Her labour pain had begun prematurely.At the PHC, about 5 k.m. from her parents’ home in Nandana village, Dr. Anil Bhaware referred her to the district hospital, 65 km away, as there was a pregnancy complication and the PHC lacked oxygen support. Published - September 26, 2025 02:20 am IST
