Covid-19 positive man disappears from hospital

Vadodara: A 29-year-old patient, who was tested positive for Covid-19, went missing from the GMERS Gotri Medical College on Thursday afternoon. The hospital authorities have registered an FIR against the man and begun a search for him. According to the police, the patient was admitted to the hospital on June 14.
“He wasn’t showing any symptoms of Covid-19 but his test results came positive on Thursday morning. He then disappeared from the hospital in afternoon,” said R K Gosai, police sub-inspector, Gorwa. The hospital staff found him missing during the regular round following which it began looking for him frantically.
Police said that it would be a tough task tracking him as he hadn’t given his proper address in the hospital. “The only information we have is his mobile number. We tried to call on the number but it is switched off,” Gosai added.
Officials are worried that the man may spread Covid-19 to other localities and hence he has to be tracked down swiftly.
A similar incident had happened in Gotri last month when a Covid-19 suspect had disappeared from Gotri Hospital. He returned to the hospital later but his reports were negative.