The family of a 38-year-old man who died by suicide recently was further traumatised by the negligence of a civic hospital in Kandivli. The man’s body which was in the hospital, was gnawed at by rats. The hospital has claimed that the body was kept in a room adjacent to the mortuary.

The family said when it was discovered that he was hanging by a rope, the body was taken to a Kandivli hospital, which officially declared him dead. The body was to be shifted to another hospital for a post-mortem.