Austin hospital closes kitchen after rat infestation discovered

In Austin, a hospital kitchen has been shuttered after the discovery of a rat infestation — a moment that quietly exposes the distance between the sterile promise of healing institutions and the ungoverned corners of the large, aging buildings that house them. The incident raises questions not only about immediate food safety for patients already made vulnerable by illness, but about the deeper rhythms of institutional maintenance that go unseen until they fail. Hospital officials have launched enhanced sanitation efforts, though the full duration and reach of the infestation remain undisclose