As we told you at the top of the news, the unthinkable happened: a rat bit a baby inside an incubator unit at the western regional Hospital. The child had been born just hours earlier - and was put in the unit because of a respiratory infection. But when the nurse went to check, a rate was inside the incubator with the baby! Worse than that - the rate had already bitten the newborn and punctured flesh on his toe. IT's unbelievable but true. The hospital administrator Benadette Seaver told us how the rat got into the incubator:..
Bernadette Seaver, Administrator, WRH
"The rats was found inside the incubator and immediately the rat was removed and exterminated/killed and the child was looked after. We 
suspected that the rat squeeze its way through the tube venting in the incubator and it was found inside the incubator and every effort is being made to figure where the rat came from, because the room was recently cleaned thoroughly and we were in heighten lookout for rodents, because we are still on the campaign to control the rat population here at the hospital."
Jules Vasquez
"You removed and exterminated. Are we talking about a mouse or are we talking about a rat? We know that you've had rat problems here before."
Mark Bernard, Senior Public Health Inspector
"In my estimation based on what I was told, I think it was a small one - probably a little rat."
They could not say what the newborn is being treated for and the mother told us she knew nothing of it. The rat probably got in through an air condition piping. The building dates back to the 1970's and is prone to rat infestations.
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