Hospital in Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh from where the patient escaped | Photo Credit: Facebook

Key Highlights The 60-year-old patient escaped from hospital using his clothes and bed sheets as rope Yesterday, a 55-year-old coronavirus patient died in Haryana while trying to escape from hospital

Noida: A coronavirus positive Nepali national, a member of the Tablighi Jamaat who went to the congregation at Markaz Nizamuddin in Delhi last month, made a movie-esque escape from a government-run hospital in Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat on Monday night. He was found this afternoon after a manhunt operation by the Uttar Pradesh Police and has been admitted to the hospital again.

According to hospital CMO RK Tandon, the 60-year-old patient escaped from the quarantine facility last night by breaking the windowpane of his ward and climbing down through a rope made out of his clothes and bedsheets.

Baghpat: A #COVID19 positive Nepali national who had attended Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi, escaped from quarantine facility today by breaking window of his room& using a rope made up of his clothes & bed sheets. RK Tandon CMO says,"FIR registered,police are searching for him". pic.twitter.com/MjhBVmhbC4 — ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) April 7, 2020

The police had registered an FIR against him and dispatched search parties in neighbouring villages. Later on Tuesday afternoon, the man was found three km from the hospital and sent to the quarantine facility again.

Describing him as an ideal patient, RK Tandon said that the 60-year-old was well-behaved and gave no trouble to anyone during his time at the hospital.

Reportedly, he was admitted to the Community Health Centre, Khekra-Baghpat in Uttar Pradesh on Friday. He was brought to the hospital along with 17 people from Nepal who had attended the infamous Tablighi Jamaat gathering in Delhi's Nizamuddin.

Yesterday, a 55-year-old coronavirus patient tried to execute a similar escape from a hospital in Haryana's Karnal but died after falling from the window. Reportedly, he was trying to climb down from the sixth floor of the hospital using bedsheets as rope but fell from the sixth floor and died.

Meanwhile, the total number of cases of coronavirus in the country now stands at 4421 while 114 people have died due to the deadly virus so far. According to some health officials, 30 per cent of the total confirmed cases are directly or indirectly linked to the Tablighi Jamaat gathering in Delhi's Nizamuddin last night.