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The scion of a real-estate mogul who tested positive for Covid-19 upon arrival at the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) has allegedly escaped from a private hospital where he had been admitted, police say.
Sources in the police, as well as the Department of Health and Family Welfare, said the man flew in from the UK on January 2 and was diagnosed with Covid-19 the same day. He was subsequently admitted to a private hospital near Doddaballapura, Bengaluru Rural district.
However, between 11.55 am and 12 noon on January 3, he “escaped” from the hospital without notifying the medical staff there, according to a complaint filed by the hospital with Doddaballapura police. Police have registered an FIR.
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Sources revealed that “the patient wanted some of his personal possessions from his car and subsequently drove off from the hospital. Nobody could stop him physically because he was a Covid-19 case.” The patient turned off his phone, the sources added.
Police said that the hospital was said to have spent the remainder of January 3 trying to contact the case but to no avail. It lodged the police complaint the next day.
In the FIR, a copy of which was reviewed by DH, police invoked IPC sections 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant), 269 (negligently spreading infection of any disease dangerous to life) and 270 (malignantly spreading the infection of any disease dangerous to life), plus various provisions of the National Disaster Management Act.
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The subject is said to have told the police he would return to the hospital on Thursday but remains absconding. Police visited his home in Vasanthnagar but did not find him there. Attempts to trace him are ongoing.
A senior health official said an international traveller who has either mild or no symptoms should complete 10 days of institutional quarantine at a hospital. “If the person has symptoms, the person can only be discharged if the case has not had symptoms for a period of three days,” the official said.
A new order issued on January 6 said international passengers from at-risk countries with mild or no symptoms no longer need to be isolated at hospitals but can quarantine at a government or a private Covid Care Centre.
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