Ants eat away woman's eye in hospital

[felix]

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.

source : http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=2005-11-15T152623Z_01_FLE555575_RTRUKOC_0_US-INDIA-ANTS.xml

[Fumi]

Man...that is gross! :(

[ronny1980]

Im getting nauseous.

[Shaner]

Good god.
That's just wrong.

[deep]

wtf. I have a hard time believing it, that's so wrong.

[wushumasterku]

very appetitizing for lunch..

[Arrow]

Aw, gross and painful.

[nx2k]

i don' tsee the picture??
can someone link it?

[here4yagurlz]

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.

- the nurses should be somewhat held responsible for not wanting to check things out when she was clearing begging for help.


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

- GAG:!: :!: :!:

[Jucius Maximus]

Urgh ... that is worse than any horror movie I have seen.

I don't want to imagine what that woman was feeling.

[x86asm]

Thas just nasty man, nasty...

[here4yagurlz]

i couldnt imagine only having one eye - this is a prime ex of how to never take things for granted in life.

It could happen any time, any where, where you just may lose something that you dearly cherish.

- reading stuff like this, makes you see things in life from a much different angle. At least for me that is.

[Bordello]

Cheez felix, cat eats man's toe, ants eat woman's eye. Where do you come up with all these crazy news?

[ji2o0k]

good god man, I feel like throwing up............the horror...........

[rayesyn]

what a ghetto hospital is what i'm thinking.

[Bortman]

"It's not uncommon for ants to attack diabetic patients.

Holy crap! I'll have to warn my dad to cover his eyes at night when he's sleepin'! We don't need them damned ants eatin him away lol.

[Fantaz]

Omg, the stuff that goes on in India...

[SwiZz]

i was hoping to see pictures ='(

[SquealADeal]

i was hoping to see pictures ='(

yea, me too... Tried to search for the pic... This is the closest thing I could find.

http://www.avfinearts.com/fashion/beautiful/justin_ants.jpg

[SwiZz]

^^^ Lmao!! =D

he looks uber gay

[Wildfire]

yea, me too... Tried to search for the pic... This is the closest thing I could find.

I don't EVEN want to know, where you were looking to find something like that...

[reflex]

wow..this thread just took a turn for the worse :razz: :lol:

[SquealADeal]

I don't EVEN want to know, where you were looking to find something like that...

Gay sex with ants. What do you think. ;)

....

Actually, just "eye" and "ants" believe it or not!

[Bordello]

OMG only you guys can get off topic like that.

[Avant_Garde]

Holy crap, I just had to read that while eating my dinner...
Just gross...

[Fantaz]

http://www.avfinearts.com/fashion/beautiful/justin_ants.jpg

Man, that guy's just waiting to get his eyes eaten out! Slowly bit by bit... mmmm.

[TheOneBarton]

I don't know, those red ants looks pretty cute, better invite them in, hahahah.

[doraemi]

look at those ants...must be fire ants cause they're red


burning up, all hot and sexy for some action!

[itsyours]

India has a two tier health care system and this happened at a state-run hospital. They do have world class private hospitals too.

[nfnx]

thats nasty.... just comes to show how hospitals are like in india.... and to think of sanitizing issues?