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Maharashtra: 20 COVID-19 patients escape from care centre in Yavatmal
Updated On: 25 April, 2021 12:03 PM IST | Yavatmal | PTI
The incident took place on Saturday at the COVID-19 care centre set up at a students` hostel in Ghatanji taluka, local health officer Dr Sanjay Puram said.
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Twenty COVID-19 patients have escaped from a care centre in Maharashtra`s Yavatmal district, officials said on Sunday. The incident took place on Saturday at the COVID-19 care centre set up at a students` hostel in Ghatanji taluka, local health officer Dr Sanjay Puram said. Based on a complaint lodged by health officials, the Ghatanji police have registered an FIR against the 20 patients under relevant sections, he said.
Puram said a COVID-19 testing camp was organised on Friday at Amdi village in the district. Later, 19 village residents who tested positive for the disease were admitted to the COVID-19 care centre at Ghatanji. All those 19 patients and another person lodged at the facility escaped around 8 am on Saturday, he said. Puram said he had lodged a police complaint, seeking action against the patients.
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