The menace of rats in government hospitals across Madhya Pradesh is fast turning into a public health nightmare. After shocking incidents from Indore’s Maharaja Yeshwantrao Hospital and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Medical College in Jabalpur.

Panic and outrage gripped Sanjay Gandhi Hospital in Rewa after the partially burnt body of a newborn was discovered during the cleaning of the operation theatre (OT) in the gynaecology ward, hours after a fire incident.

As the Centre moves to replace the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA), states are still owed over Rs 9,700 crore under it.