Cockroach 'infestation' discovered at hospital
Date published: 03 January 2017
Royal Oldham Hospital
Across the four hospitals run by the The Pennine Acute Hospital Trust in Greater Manchester - The Royal Oldham Hospital, Rochdale Infirmary, Fairfield General Hospital in Bury and North Manchester General Hospital - there were 302 pest sightings in the past year.
Reports between April 2015 and March 2016 included a cockroach 'infestation' in the day surgery ward at the Royal Oldham Hospital, maggots found in the accident and emergency ward kitchen and a call logged from the Royal Oldham Hospital laundry which read: "Urgent - there are lots of cockroaches".
A spokesman for Pennine Acute said: "Recent mild winters have seen an increase in vermin across the country.
"We take patient, staff and visitor safety seriously and deploy preventative measures to pest control by employing a pest control contractor to visit each of our four hospitals every week, particularly in areas where facilities are susceptible to vermin.
"We have also introduced additional housekeeping measures, such as frequently emptying bins and cleaning across our sites."
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