Patient who fled from Gujarat hospital reaches Ghaziabad

VADODARA: A coronavirus patient who fled from special isolation ward of GMERS Medical College and Hospital on June 25 was learnt to have reached his hometown Ghaziabad.
Gorwa police learnt about the patient Vikas Kumar when he answered their phone call while in train. A police official said that when he was contacted, he told them that the train was about to reach Ghaziabad and he will alight there as it is his hometown. “He did not mention why he ran away from hospital nor did he say whether he had reached Vadodara station directly from the hospital or went somewhere else too,” said sub-inspector R K Gosai of Gorwa police station.
However, cops here alerted Ghaziabad police in time about Kumar so that he can be quarantined at a Covid care centre. “We have sent all documents to Ghaziabad police and they will take over the case from here,” Gosai added.
Kumar was booked for negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life and under the Epidemic Act on June 25 at Gorwa police station . He was found missing from JR Hostel ward when the doctor went for a check-up in the evening. Kumar was at his bed until the noon on June 25 when the doctor had checked him last.