A bat invasion at a South Carolina hospital has officials reaching out to more than 1,000 people about possible exposure to bat bites.
State health officials want anyone who stayed in the east wing of Regional Medical Center in Orangeburg this year to call them.
The state's Department of Health and Environmental Control says those patients may have been exposed to bats and could possibly contract rabies from a bat bite.
Officials said they have not yet discovered any bat bite victims from the hospital, but bats have small teeth and bites can go unnoticed.
DHEC and federal officials are notifying 800 patients and 300 staff members who may have been exposed. The hospital says the bats likely got into the building during a roofing project.
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