COVID patients flee Tripura facility, many may have boarded train to other states
After a preliminary investigation, police said they suspect that 18 patients might have boarded a train and left the state.
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AGARTALA: At least 25 COVID patients escaped from a temporary care centre at Ambassa in Tripura, following which a massive search operation was launched by the police and only seven of them could be apprehended from a railway station, an official said on Wednesday.
All the patients, who fled the COVID care centre at Panchayat Raj Training Institute (PRTI) on Monday night, are migrant workers who came from other states, sad Himadri Sarkar, the officer-in-charge of the Ambassa police station.
At least 25 Covid patients escaped from a temporary care centre at Ambassa in Tripura, following which a massive search operation was launched by the police and only seven of them could be apprehended from a railway station, said an official.
At Least 25 Covid Patients Escape From Health Centre In Tripura
According to officials, many of them might have boarded trains and so far only seven of the 25 patients have been traced
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Amid covid-19 care centres across the country running out of space to accommodate new patients, in a one-of-a-kind incident, at least 25 patients escaped from a centre in Tripura.
The incident occurred on Monday night at the Panchayat Raj Training Institute (PRTI) located in Ambassa, officials said.
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The incident came to the notice of the authorities on Thursday morning during the distribution of breakfast among the patients.
Thirty Covid-19 patients recently escaped from a Covid care centre located in Agartala in Tripura.
According to West Tripura District Magistrate Shailesh Kumar Yadav, all those who fled were of the age group of 20 to 22 years and had come from various states like Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal to take part in a recruitment rally of Tripura State Rifles (TSR).
He informed that on Wednesday night, out of 46 Covid-19 positive patients admitted at the PRTI (Panchayat Raj Training Institute) at A D Nagar, 30 escaped by breaking the window from the backside. The incident came to the notice of the authorities on Thursday morning during the distribution of breakfast among the patients.
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