Rats Roam Around Hospital Ward In UP’s Gonda | Viral Video Exposes Shocking Hygiene Failure

A disturbing video from Uttar Pradesh’s Gonda district hospital has sparked outrage across the country. The viral visuals show rats crawling freely inside the orthopaedics ward, darting across patient beds, climbing rods, and rummaging near stored medicines — raising serious questions about hygiene, safety, and accountability in government-run healthcare facilities. Patients and their families describe fear, disgust, and helplessness as they seek treatment amid such conditions. Following the backlash, hospital authorities carried out pest control measures, placed glue traps across wards, and announced plans for a complete renovation. Officials have also urged attendants not to leave food inside hospital premises. But the incident has once again exposed a deeper crisis — crumbling infrastructure, weak monitoring, and systemic neglect — in public hospitals meant to serve the most vulnerable.