Hospital ants are a real eye opener

I'll never complain about the Irish health service again ! This is really the stuff of horror movies and nightmares. A warning to people to people who are squeemish - this really is gorey....

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.

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That image has been seared into my mind. Should I have nightmares this evening, I will hold you responsible.

I did warn you !

Jeebus H Crust.
I did have the heebie jeebies last night part Jacob's Ladder part Un chien andalou. I fully expect David Lynch to buy the transcript.