Patients in Assam flee hospital after reports return positive for Covid

Four Covid-19 positive patients fled a government-run hospital in Kajalgaon, Assam, after testing positive for the infection on Wednesday.

Four Covid-19 positive patients fled a government-run hospital in Assam after testing positive for the infection on Wednesday. Held a consultative meeting regarding the #COVID19 situation with senior Govt officials & representatives of the Army, Air Force, BSF, CISF, NDRF, SSB, CRPF, AAI, NF Railway, ONGC, OIL, IOCL & Guwahati Refinery at AASC, Khanapara. Let us all work together to defeat the pandemic. pic.twitter.com/j2XDUhsNbA The incident happened at the JSB civil hospital in Kajalgaon, Chirang district. According to officials, the patients fled the hospital at around 1:30 pm after their Covid-19 test results came back positive. The Covid-19 patients in question were identified as Sarbeswar Mahato (25), Basudev Mahato (26), Madan Mahato (41) and Iktara Mallik Sheikh (47).