India, Oct. 10 -- Despite repeated assurances of strict sanitation drives, the rat menace continues to plague the civic-run Cooper Hospital. Right to Information (RTI) activist Chetan Kothari has claimed that, according to police records, at least six patients were bitten by rats at the hospital in the last two months.

According to the reply provided to Kothari's RTI query on October 1, the Juhu police station recorded six emergency police reports regarding rodent bites from Cooper Hospital in August and September.

The rat infestation persists despite the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) issuing notices to the 940-bed hospital's maintenance contractor to tighten monitoring after a patient was bitten by a rat in September, sparki...