Nearly ten rats
Dragging a long tail
Foot on the clothes rail
Queue up to return home
Pudong New Area
Yangjing Street
Nursery Road West Town Community
The Rat Army is rampant
Every family was shocked
77-year-old Uncle Shanghai
Garbage filled a room
Eat and live with rats
Repeated persuasion repeatedly
The door finally opened
Garbage was removed in two trucks
Rats killed more than a hundred
Grandpa is coming back
Residents sincerely hope
Habits change early
Rat infestations quickly disappear
Pudong New Area Yangjing Street Nursery Road West Town community rat infestation, residents sent a video, in the night nearly ten rats dragging a long tail, stepping on the 5th floor window outside the clothes rail queue "home"!
The "base camp" of the "Rat Army" turned out to be the one-room house of a 77-year-old old man who lived alone: the old man came out early and returned late to pick up garbage all day, the house was full of dry and wet garbage, and even the bed was a mess, and he even "ate and lived with the rats".
In May this year, the street and neighborhood committee cleared out 2 truckloads of garbage from the house, went to the door to kill 6 times, and hunted and killed more than 100 rats. When will the habits of the elderly be changed? When will the rat infestation in the community become extinct? Help Jun to go to the scene to find out.
A house full of garbage
Rat infestations are rampant
"Rat infestation", the residents cried bitterly, dozens of rats sneaked to the balcony to chirp, the night movement was so loud that people lost sleep, and although the rat cages bought were "fruitful", they still could not stop the "rat army" from attacking one after another.
The old uncle who "lived with rats" moved into the community from Puxi in 2017, and his wife died many years ago, and he had no children under his knees, leaving early and returning late, coming and going alone. When it was dark, he went out to pick up the garbage and saw that the neighbors did not speak or greet.
The community "serves the old" has always thought of him, but the old man is stubborn and stubborn, and social workers and volunteers can only pay more attention, and they are relieved to see him "walking in and out".
The elderly have retirement wages, but they do not use them; there is a bathroom at home, using public toilets; there is a kitchen that does not fire, they eat the "leftovers" they pick up, not only eat themselves, but also "feed the rats", over time, the rats multiply and gather into a "legion", and even the washing machines and televisions in the house are bitten.
Remove garbage
Kill more than 100 rats
Last year, there was already a strong smell in the corridor, but the "source" was not solved, and the weekly killing still could not solve the problem.
The old man stubbornly did not open the door, and the social worker came to the door more than once and was scolded by the murderer, and he could not enter the house to kill. The cadres of the street and neighborhood committees invited him to go to the community daycare center and help him order meals for the elderly, although he was rejected again and again, but he was finally able to talk to the old man, and the old man finally handed over the key to the house.
Sun Qiong, secretary of the general party branch of the neighborhood committee, still remembers the scene when the old man opened the door for the first time.
Through the mask, the smell is on the head, you can only breathe with your mouth, you can't breathe with your nose, and the rats in the house are running around.
Rats scurried around the house
■ On May 11, nine sanitation workers removed two trucks of garbage.
■ On May 12, the house was killed again, and more than 100 rats were extinguished.
On May 19, the elderly returned home from the street and the hotel arranged by the neighborhood committee, resulting in the suspension of cleaning and killing.
Sanitation workers remove garbage from the house
Indoor sanitation workers have disposed of the garbage, but it needs to be cleaned up again
Family members came
Full persuasion
The old man was stubborn and alone for decades, resisting dealing with people, but his family did not "give up" him. The younger sister has always been worried about not being able to rest assured of her brother, and often rushes from Yangpu District to the door to wait, even if she watches from a distance, knowing that he is safe.
The social worker learned that the old man and his brother-in-law were former comrades-in-arms and listened to him. Therefore, he called his sister and brother-in-law who were far away to do his ideological work. Sun Qiong said:
His sister and brother-in-law are also elderly people, but they still insist on coming from Guizhou, so that we can rest assured that we will try our best to do his ideological work and change his behavior habits.
At present, the old man has been picked up by his family, and the old man has agreed to entrust the neighborhood committee to continue to kill the house.
Because of the concern about the physical and mental health of the elderly, the streets and neighborhood committees also invited psychologists to assist the elderly in examination.
According to the doctor's advice, on the afternoon of May 21, the old man, accompanied by a social worker and his sister, went to the hospital for examination.
At present, the civil affairs department of the street has prepared for proper placement for the professional pension institutions contacted by the family at the request of the family.
Continue killing
Comprehensive rat extermination
On May 23, the social worker of the neighborhood committee went to the residential building again to check it out. Rat poison drop notices posted on 23 February are still preserved in the corridors, and rat poison throwing devices have been arranged in the corners of each floor from the 1st to the 6th floor.
Rat poison throwing device
Rat poison release notice posted in the corridor
Before taking out the key to open the door, the social worker repeatedly reminded him to be mentally prepared, but the moment he opened the door, the helper was still shocked. Although the room has been cleaned many times, the smell of the mask is still disgusting. Only 1 meter away from the people in the kitchen, two live rats were still scurrying around, until they made a loud noise and were frightened.
The social worker said:
In the morning, rat exterminators had just removed special sticky rat plates from the room that had glued to dozens of rat carcasses. Because rats like to live in groups and will "call friends and friends", it is necessary to gradually eliminate rats.
The special sticky rat board is full of rats
Help Jun learned that the next step of the street love and health department will be to comprehensively carry out the work of eliminating rats.
■ Test the rat density in the cell first, put a corresponding number of poisonous rat houses, and then compare the rat density test after one week.
■ The house will be disinfected once a week, and the corridors, residential areas and surrounding shops will also be fully disinfected and followed up continuously.
The subdistrict civil affairs department also stated:
Follow-up will continue to strengthen care and care for the elderly living alone in the jurisdiction, especially some special groups, carry out hierarchical management services, help the elderly alleviate psychological problems, and do a good job of spiritual comfort.
Considering that the elderly may also return to the community to live in the future, the neighborhood committee appeals to the residents:
Give the elderly a little more time and space. Decades of living habits are difficult to change, not a day and a day, they will work with their families to alleviate the psychological problems of the elderly, so that he can return to normal life as soon as possible.
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