<p>The NHRC on Tuesday issued a notice to the Rajasthan government over rats allegedly found gnawing the feet of patients in a government-run hospital in Jodhpur.</p>.<p>Reportedly, the number of rats has increased so much that in ward C of its psychiatry department, they have bitten four patients, the National Human Rights Commission said in a statement.</p>.<p>The NHRC has taken "suo motu cognisance of a media report that rats are gnawing on the feet of patients in government-run Mathura Das Mathur Hospital (MDMH) in Jodhpur", it said.</p>.<p>The commission has observed that the content of the media report, if true, indicates the violation of the right to health and medical care of the patients which is a matter of concern for it.</p>.<p>Accordingly, it has issued notice to the chief secretary, the government of Rajasthan, seeking a detailed report in four weeks, including steps being taken or proposed to be taken to address the grievance of the patients at the MDMH, Jodhpur, the statement said.</p>.<p>A notice also be issued to the superintendent of the hospital to submit a report with regard to the "failure of the public servant", who has allowed this kind of "remiss to happen", within four weeks, the rights panel said.</p>.<p>According to the media report on July 3, the hospital administration has given a contract to an agency for Rs 27,000 per month to control pests and rats, but the "rat menace continues unabated", it added.</p>.<p>Following repeated complaints of rats gnawing feet of patients in the psychiatry department of the hospital, the administration on Monday set up an inquiry committee to look into the matter.</p>.<p>The family members of at least four mentally-ill patients complained about similar incidents in the past week, prompting the hospital administration to intervene.</p>
<p>The NHRC on Tuesday issued a notice to the Rajasthan government over rats allegedly found gnawing the feet of patients in a government-run hospital in Jodhpur.</p>.<p>Reportedly, the number of rats has increased so much that in ward C of its psychiatry department, they have bitten four patients, the National Human Rights Commission said in a statement.</p>.<p>The NHRC has taken "suo motu cognisance of a media report that rats are gnawing on the feet of patients in government-run Mathura Das Mathur Hospital (MDMH) in Jodhpur", it said.</p>.<p>The commission has observed that the content of the media report, if true, indicates the violation of the right to health and medical care of the patients which is a matter of concern for it.</p>.<p>Accordingly, it has issued notice to the chief secretary, the government of Rajasthan, seeking a detailed report in four weeks, including steps being taken or proposed to be taken to address the grievance of the patients at the MDMH, Jodhpur, the statement said.</p>.<p>A notice also be issued to the superintendent of the hospital to submit a report with regard to the "failure of the public servant", who has allowed this kind of "remiss to happen", within four weeks, the rights panel said.</p>.<p>According to the media report on July 3, the hospital administration has given a contract to an agency for Rs 27,000 per month to control pests and rats, but the "rat menace continues unabated", it added.</p>.<p>Following repeated complaints of rats gnawing feet of patients in the psychiatry department of the hospital, the administration on Monday set up an inquiry committee to look into the matter.</p>.<p>The family members of at least four mentally-ill patients complained about similar incidents in the past week, prompting the hospital administration to intervene.</p>