Overview
- The patient, Suhasini Mathekar, was admitted on March 12 to Pandit Bhimsen Joshi Hospital in Mira Bhayandar and was on a ventilator in the ICU.
- Her family reported finding a rat bite on her hand, with accounts differing on the discovery date: March 13 in some reports and March 16 in PTI's version, after which she died the same day.
- A local police official said an accidental death case has been registered, and a senior doctor stated she prima facie died of a rat bite inside the ICU.
- Hospital management blamed nearby construction for a rodent problem, said preventive steps were in place, transferred a doctor and a nurse, and ordered a high-level inquiry and sanitation audit.
- The case has intensified scrutiny of ICU hygiene and patient safety at the facility, with demands for accountability and immediate pest-control reviews.