Ants eat woman's eye (no pics!)

[ChipWrecked]

Ants eat away woman's eye in hospital

Tue Nov 15,10:26 AM ET

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.

[shant]

Thank goodness I live where I do.

[imported_anacardo]

Ohhhhhh my God.

Thaaaank you, Chip. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

[private joker]

Thanks. I will not sleep for three days.

[Blarg]

God that's depressing.

I guess I don't feel so bad for the Party customer service people now.

<font color="white"> HAHAHAHA! Just kidding. </font>

[ChipWrecked]

Kinda puts that 'worst city' thread in perspective, don't it?

[Exitonly]

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Thank goodness I live where I do.

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[TheMainEvent]

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

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I may have said WTF before but I never really meant it until now.

[Brom]

Where did you get this from?