India, Sept. 12 -- The civic administration is taking corrective measures at the crisis-ridden Dr R N Cooper Municipal General Hospital in Juhu. The 940-bed hospital, the only major civic hospital in the western suburbs, is battling a severe rodent infestation, which saw an elderly patient being bitten by a rat recently.

The hospital is also hit by a biomedical waste crisis, with untreated waste piling up in an open yard on the hospital premises when Hindustan Times visited on September 5. In a report on September 6, HT also reported a medical supplies and staff shortage that had made matters spiral further.

Addressing some of these issues, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) held a high-level review meeting on Thursday. It was...