Rats Entered Corpses Through Vagina And Anus At D.C. Hospital, Ex-Worker Says

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A rat infestation at Providence Hospital in Washington, D.C, was so bad that the rodents were entering corpses through the vagina and anus, a former worker says.

Doris Kennard won a $237,000 judgment for emotional distress against the hospital on July 18, court records show.

In a stomach-churning interview (above) with Fox News in D.C., Kennard recounted some of the details from her stint as a contract worker in the hospital morgue several years ago: Rats chewed through the body bags to feast on the cadavers. In 2010, one rat even attacked her, landing her in the hospital.

She told the station that the problem was so intense that she could not get someone else to work with her.

Kennard theorized that the morgue's coolers broke down, so bodies warmed and perhaps attracted the vermin from a nearby hospital trash compactor. Kennard's lawyer, Gregory Lattimer, accused the hospital of a coverup in the report and said the infestation has persisted for decades.

The hospital gift shop was closed by health inspectors in January after they spotted rodent droppings and a "bag of food chewed on by some sort of pest," D.C. outlet WUSA 9 reported.

Kennard originally filed the suit in December 2012, according to records. An attorney for the hospital asked for a mistrial on July 17 but was rejected.

A hospital representative was not immediately available to comment.

This story has been updated with additional information about Kennard's time working at the hospital.

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Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/rats-morgue-vagina-anus_n_5621085.html?utm_hp_ref=weird-news&ir=Weird+News