Patient flees from Dombivli hospital, found dead on road

KALYAN: A 50-year-old Covid -19 patient on oxygen support died after fleeing a civic-run hospital in Dombivli on Thursday night. Local residents spotted him 100 metres from Shastri Nagar hospital and alerted its staff. According to the locals, some hospital employees reached the spot in 30 minutes and took him to the hospital, where he was declared brought dead.
The incident has raised questions about how the patient could flee despite guards being posted at the hospital.