They Have The Plague There...Right?

Reuters brings us this gem...

Ants eat away woman's eye in
hospital

KOLKATA, India (Reuters) - A woman receiving treatment
for diabetes at a state-run hospital in eastern India lost one of her eyes after
ants nibbled away at it, officials said on Tuesday.

The patient recovering from a post-surgery
infection shrieked for help as the ants attacked her on Sunday night, but nurses
told her it was normal to feel pain from the infection.

On Monday, the patient's family saw a gaping hole
with swarming ants in it when they lifted the bandage on her left
eye.

Authorities of the Sambhunath Hospital in Kolkata
said they were probing the incident.
"It's not uncommon for ants to attack
diabetic patients. We have set up a committee to investigate the unfortunate
incident," hospital superintendent A. Adhikary said.

Scampering rats and stray cats and dogs sharing bed
space with patients are not uncommon sights at India's overcrowded state-run
hospitals that are used by millions of poor and middle-class people.

Just...Damn!