India returnee escapes from Chuadanga hospital

An Indian returnee, who tested positive for Covid-19, has escaped from the isolation ward of Chuadanga Sadar Hospital on Tuesday, UNB reports.

The Covid patient has been identified as Abul Kalam Azad, 45, son of oneSiraj Ali of Nandani village in Bholahat upazila of Chapainawabganj district.

Resident medical officer of the hospital, Wahid Mahmud Robin said the patient had been undergoing treatment in the red zone of the isolation ward of the hospital since 9 January.

“He went missing from the hospital on Tuesday afternoon.”

Kalam returned from India on 9 January through the Darshana border and tested positive for Covid-19. Later, he was taken to Chuadanga Sadar Hospital.

On Tuesday morning, the hospital authorities collected his sample for retest and his results emerged negative, said Wahid. “We suspect that Kalam left the hospital without informing anyone.”