Ex-employees allege unclean conditions at KC hospital

Former employees of Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City are alleging unclean conditions at the hospital.

The allegations include the use of rusted instruments and issues with cockroaches and other bugs in and around the operating room. One of the employees, the former head of the hospital’s Sterile Processing Department, has filed multiple complaints.

Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City officials say the hospital's sterile processing department is state of the art and that it underwent an $8 million renovation in January.

Read more from The Kansas City Star.