A study has shown that the NHS is having serious problems with vermin in hospitals – including in operating theatres which are supposed to be sterile.
One urology unit had a problem with cockroaches, an oral surgery unit reported a problem with crickets and drain flies were found in operating theatres. Wards and a renal unit in Leeds were found to have wasps nests.
Pest control experts have warned that insects could end up passing on infections to vulnerable patients as the vermin are attracted to food waste, drains and clinical waste which could contain dangerous germs.
As well as insects, rats and mice have also been found in hospitals. Some NHS Trusts had such severe problems that pest controllers were visiting once a week to remove vermin. The biggest problem was ants, followed by mice, rats and cockroaches.
The NHS was once the envy of the world, and superbugs and wards full of vermin were unknown. The rot started with the Tories and their obsession with private contractors and going for the cheapest (and not the best) each time. The NHS has continued to decline under Labour, with superbugs such as MRSA and C.difficile regularly making news. Whilst taxpayers’ money is spent on over-inflated salaries for health trust bosses, and even more money siphoned off for foreign aid, our once-great NHS is unable to provide even basic care for patients if they cannot even keep the wards clean and vermin-free
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