Hospital ward 'crawling with mice'

[Kyng]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clynw3n10deo



A hospital patient has been left disgusted after repeatedly seeing mice running around in his ward.

Daniel Hendron, 32, who is being treated for a leg infection at Walsall Manor Hospital, has been there for about a week.

Mr Hendron, from Walsall, says the rodents are keeping him awake because they are too noisy, with nursing staff telling him they have been reporting the problem since last month.

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust said it has increased cleaning in affected areas and wanted to reassure patients, visitors and staff its pest control measures were in place.

Mr Hendron said he was absolutely exhausted and "for some reason they took a shine and keep coming by my bed".

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Yikes . I really hope this isn't representative of hospitals up and down the country - because if they are, then that's a really sorry state for our healthcare system to be in .

Let's just hope this issue's been dealt with!

[slooroo]

To have this much of a mouse problem a lot of people were asleep at the wheel and not doing their job to keep proper tidiness and pest control going.

[Shortie]

I honestly never expected to see a hospital have a mouse problem and not be able to get it sorted, this is shocking.

[Jarkko]

EWW

I'm sorry, that's disgusting... and disgraceful! Heads need to roll over that!