Ants eat away woman's eye in hospital

This is disgusting.

KOLKATA, India (Reuters) - A woman receiving treatment for diabetes at a state-run hospital in eastern India lost one of her eyes after ants nibbled away at it, officials said on Tuesday.

She even tried to tell the staff that something was wrong.

The patient recovering from a post-surgery infection shrieked for help as the ants attacked her on Sunday night, but nurses told her it was normal to feel pain from the infection.

The explanation for how this could happen is......

"It's not uncommon for ants to attack diabetic patients. We have set up a committee to investigate the unfortunate incident," hospital superintendent A. Adhikary said.

Ummm, if it wasn't uncommon, why didn't you check her eye? Okay, I know, hindsight is 20/20.