Vadodara: With great difficulty, he managed to get bed in a private hospital. But Kalpesh Vaghela, a consultant, lost gold ornaments worth Rs 1.24 lakh that were stolen from under his pillow.
Vaghela and his mother Shakuntala developed symptoms of Covid-19 and they went to Tricolour Hospital on March 22. The medicos asked Shakuntala to undergo a CT scan which required her to remove her ornaments including a gold chain, bangles and ear rings. She kept them in a bag and later handed it over to her son.
Kalpesh told the Gorwa police that he kept the bag under his pillow and slept off. When he woke up some hours later, he looked for the bag but it was missing. Kalpesh and his mother inquired with the hospital staff but didn’t get any clues about it. After being discharged on March 27, he called up the police to complain about the theft.
But Kalpesh was under home quarantine and hence filed a complaint on April 20. The investigators will scan the hospital’s CCTV footage to trace the thief.