In
one of the shocking cases of negligence in government hospitals in India,
rats have nibbled an old patient suffering from paralysis. This time the story
got highlighted in the media, while there might be many more cases like this
which do not even get reports. This incident reminds me of another instance
when a friend witnessed rats nibbling very young babies in an orphanage in
Aligarh.
Rats are rampant in India and most Hindus
avoid killing rats because it is considered a sin for rats are associated with
the deity Ganesha. In some temples, like this one, rats are treated
with great reverence. Mumbai municipality employs rat-catchers
to eliminate rats. They have employed 44 rat-catchers in the entire city, and
each of them has to kill 30 rats. Rodenticide being a
difficult job, the municipality relies on rat-killers who can barely make feed
their families through this strange profession.
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