More than 4,000 rats killed at Indian hospital

Maharaja Yeshwantrao in Indore, about 800 kilometres south of Delhi, is still home to more than 10,000 rodents, said Sanjay G Karmakar, head of Laxmi Fumigation and Pest Control Service Ltd.

The complex consists of seven buildings across about 10 acres.

"We have only tackled a part of the grounds so far - they are riddled with rodent burrows, at least 1,000 of them. Each would have four to eight rodents.

"We have not started on the buildings yet," Karmakar said.

The pest control firm is baiting the rodents with different food each day. "One day it is peanuts and clarified butter, another day it's roasted chickpeas, potato cakes and so on," Karmakar said.

"If one of a family dies after eating something, the other rats wont touch the same food, so we have to keep changing the menu."

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More than 4,000 rats killed at Indian hospital