Police catch suspected coronavirus patient

Hospital administration reveals the man had returned from Dubai six days ago

FAISALABAD: A suspected patient of coronavirus who had escaped from the Government General Hospital, Ghulam Muhammadabad, was caught by police after seven hours.

He has been shifted to the isolation ward of the General Hospital. The suspected patient, a resident of Choti 79, visited the hospital for a checkup on Monday as he was suffering from fever and flu.

The hospital administration shifted the man to the isolation ward due to the symptoms of coronavirus. However, he escaped from the hospital, compelling its administration to seek the help of police in tracing him. The Ghulam Muhammadabad police station SHO formed a team that apprehended the suspected patient.

The hospital administration revealed that the man had returned from Dubai six days ago and his sample had been sent for a test.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 18^th, 2020.