Hospital reports rodent problem

TWO separate hospitals have experienced problems with rats and mice.

Patients in a six-bed ward at the Sacred Heart Hospital, Roscommon, had to be moved to another ward after a nurse noticed a rat on Sunday morning last. And yesterday it emerged pest control experts were contracted to deal with mice at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital in Limerick.

In Roscommon, a report has been commissioned from a pest-control company. Local TD Denis Naughten said: “It is totally unacceptable that a rat should be seen in a hospital ward. If this was a private nursing home, it would be closed down immediately. There are 200 people in the hospital, and it is badly in need of refurbishment. I am blue in the face looking for funds to have a major job done on the hospital.”