Patient attacked by rat in hospital bed Jason Ketley, 42, was left with painful and bloody injuries after he was savaged by the rodent at a specialist care unit in Surrey, the Daily Mirror reported. Mr Ketley, who has a mental age of two, was attacked at St Ebba's Hospital in Epsom. His mother, 64, of Bognor Regis, West Sussex, heard what happened when she called to check up on him. She said: "I was horrified. He was quite heavily sedated and wasn't able to defend himself. After the attack last November, Mr Ketley was given injections against diphtheria, tetanus and polio. His parents have made a formal complaint to the Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. The trust's director of quality and nursing Jo Young said the incident was "genuinely shocking" and that Mr Ketley's parents' concerns were being taken "very seriously."