Security personnel caught a patient.
8 de -addiction patients escaped last night from the Navjivan Center of Kapurthala Civil Hospital. Security personnel have caught a patient. The search for the rest of the patients is going on.
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There was a stir in the hospital as soon as the incident was received. The security guard and staff nurse searched for the patients, but no clue was found. Dr. Aman Sood, in -charge of Navjeevan Center, said that the negligence of the staff is being investigated.
The center has a security guard and a staff nurse deployed. Action will be taken on the guilty staff if negligence is proved. SMO Dr. Indu Sethi said that patients addicted to drugs are admitted to their will. The patients have gone on their own free will. Still the matter is being investigated.