Hospital unable to stop rat invasion


KOTA BARU: Mice and rats are infesting the Universiti Sains Malaysia Hospital here and the management seems helpless to do anything about the “invasion”.

Patients and their minders spoke to The Star of their experiences with the rodents scurrying practically everywhere in the wards of the 12-storey building in Kubang Kerian here, scrounging for food at pantries, on beds and on the floors, oblivious to human presence.

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