Patient’s bid to flee hospital foiled in Amravati

TNN | Updated: Apr 23, 2020, 10:11 IST

AMRAVATI: A patient’s bid to flee district general hospital here after stealing an ambulance was foiled by an alert corporator from Badnera on Wednesday. Police said Dharmendra Abhay Kathade was admitted to the hospital with a fractured limb. Even as doctors had applied plaster on the limb, the man was reluctant to stay in the hospital.
In the morning, in a fit of rage, Kathade allegedly stole keys of an ambulance parked in front of the ward and drove it ‘single-handedly’ to Badnera.
In Sindhi Camp area, corporator Prakash Bansod noticed Kathade driving an ambulance with a plastered limb. Suspecting something foul, he signalled the driver to stop and made inquiries with Kathade, who told him that he was heading towards Chandrapur.
Bansod immediately called up Badnera police who detained the patient and handed him over to the City Kotwali police.