unimaginable unforgivable sort email infection control director veterans hospital want find inbox message photos dead rat find hospital kitchen.workers jam a. haley va medical center report large dead rat fell kitchen ceiling hospital renovation work wednesday night accord email obtain tampa bay times.they send color photos rat facility infection prevention coordinator miriam ruisz also tell cockroach infestation email show make aware major roach problem kitchen roach find patients trays ruisz write email thursday haley enviro team handle pest control.ruisz say tell workers replace canteen ceiling two months ago fill multiple bucket roach dead rat feces. please let know ongoing problem infestation do it. could possibly end news mention risk patient safety patient safety ruisz end sentence emoticon show frown face.the infection control chief may know rat infestation week haley employees fact email show workers put rat trap ceiling tile kitchen food prepare veterans hospital patients.haley spokeswoman karen collins say statement email time department veterans affairs hospital one nation busy work hard provide safe best experience possible veterans tropical urban environment keenly aware potential continually monitor pest control issue collins say recently observe uptick report pest-related activities. develop aggressive proactive plan address include recently award new five-year contract pest control firm say issue identify pest control team respond eliminate collins said.the time report 2013 rat droppings find haley storage area contain nurse supply hospital officials say time droppings old rodent activity ongoing pest problem existed.internal email document indicate haley officials face pest problem least two areas hospital.the first facility kitchen first floor main hospital build prepare food serve veterans rat find second area involve small kitchen second floor hospital canteen veterans employees visitors buy food.in email ruisz hospital officials thursday ellen tolson work haley nutrition service say hospital hire new pest control contractors treat roach june 10. tolson say go back facility thursday night late report problems.a pest control contractor insist tolson see evidence main kitchen active roach infestation due lack roach droppings accord tolson email email appear address canteen kitchen initially feel feces tolson say continue ask every speck could find possibly find one feces-like despite find possible feces-like dirt still think active issue shine questionable dirt find big pests tolson write email three dead rat dead mouse find ceiling ingredient control room main hospital kitchen.tolson say ask employees work haley ceiling fire sprinklers rodent issue main kitchen report see say live rat inside trap tell work kitchen since june find multiple rodent trap ceiling also tell see eye look back ceiling corner kitchen look back toward vend area tolson said.the basement crawl space kitchen appear filthy strew bug debris accord photos area obtain time take december va contractors.haley safety infection control officials warn va employees late 2014 via email anyone enter basement area wear gloves full-face respirator full-body protective suit.via tampabay.com lay live line us….we give hospitals rat drop ceiling cockroaches food