Around 200 bats removed from Iași County Hospital in eastern Romania
<p>Firefighters intervened on September 3 after a call from the “Sf. Spiridon” County Emergency Clinical Hospital in Iași, eastern Romania, announced the presence of bats in the Cardiology Department’s stairwell.</p>

<p>The intervention team removed roughly 200 bats from the building and called in a biologist to take them over and release them into their natural habitat, according to the official <a href="https://isujis.ro/stire-de-presa/misiune-de-salvare-a-unor-mamifere-lilieci/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">press release</a>.</p>

<p>“The search and rescue mission continued this morning (e.n. September 4), but no other mammals were found,” the same source said.</p>

<p>Hospital manager Daniel Vasile Timofte said that the hospital's activity was not affected because the bats did not enter the rooms where the patients were, <a href="https://hotnews.ro/rafila-despre-liliecii-care-au-invadat-sf-spiridon-iasi-unul-mai-poate-sa-intre-din-greseala-dar-200-inseamna-ca-locuiau-acolo-1784325" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Hotnews.ro</a> reported.</p>

<p>Bats are protected by law at national, European, and international levels.</p>

<p><i>irina.marica@romania-insider.com</i></p>

<p><i>(Photo source: Isujis.ro)</i></p>