MARGAO
In an incident that created flutter at the Margao ESI hospital on Monday, a father-daughter duo went missing from the hospital after they left the hospital premises without the knowledge of the hospital staff and security personnel.
ESI hospital Medical Superintendent, Dr Vishwajit Faldesai later intimated the incident to the Margao police, even as the duo returned to the hospital after they were traced at Shiroda.
Dr Faldesai said the duo, who was admitted in the ESI hospital after they had tested positive for coronavirus left the hospital without the knowledge of the hospital management. “I reported the incident to the Margao police since we had information that the duo were hailing from Shiroda”, he said, adding that the duo returned to the hospital in the evening.
The Margao police informed that the police have intimated the incident to the Salcete Mamlatdar for information and further action. “The Police can register an FIR only if the Mamlatdar lodges a formal complaint”, a Margao police officer informed, adding that the police can book the father-daughter duo under section 188 of the IPC for violating section 144 of the CrPC.
In the past, during the height of the Covid pandemic, a number of patients had tried to flee the ESI hospital, only to be stopped by the security personnel.
To a question, Dr Faldesai said the ESI hospital is manned by the security personnel, adding that the duo might have left the hospital premises without the knowledge of the people around.
Meanwhile, three more Covid-related deaths were recorded in the mortality bulletin of the Directorate of Health Services on Monday raising the total Covid victim count of the State to 734.
The deceased persons include a 59 year-old man from Siolim, a 45 year-old woman from Canacona and a 71 year-old man from Chandor in Salcete. All deaths were recorded at Goa Medical College and Hospital, Bambolim.
105 new cases of the infection were detected among the 1,174 samples tested for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours. With this, the total number of confirmed cases in Goa has touched 50,772. Of these, 955 are presently active and 49,083 have recovered. The recovery rate is pegged at 96.67 per cent.
