SCALE OF PEST INFESTATIONS IN NHS HOSPITALS REVEALED.
Rebecca Smith, Medical Editor and Jeni Oppenheimer
Aug 2009
Ants in operating theatres and maternity, cockroaches in x-ray and mice in A&E are some of the 30,000 pest infestations in NHS hospitals over the last four years, figures have revealed.
Exterminators were called to deal with black ants, wasps, rodents, cluster flies, biting insects, silver fish, woodlice, bird mites, maggots, pigeons, red spiders, may bugs, mosquitoes, ladybirds, bees, mice and fleas.
MPs' expenses: Charles Hendry used public cash to pay for two servantsThe pests were found in all areas of hospitals including patient wards, operating theatres, maternity units, A&E and children's wards as well as in kitchens, maintenance, offices and staff accommodation