COVID-19 patient dies at home hours after fleeing hospital


FE Team | Published: July 25, 2021 20:00:12 | Updated: July 28, 2021 08:56:14


COVID-19 patient dies at home hours after fleeing hospital

A female COVID-19 patient died at her home Sunday noon hours after she fled a hospital in Bagerhat.

The deceased was identified as Nithi Begum, 25, a housewife from Borobari village of district's Chitalmari Upazila, reports UNB.

A health official said Nithi left Bagerhat Upazila Health Complex’s COVID-19 ward around 8:00 am without informing anyone and later she breathed her last around 12:00 pm in her own home.

Upazila Health and Family Planning Officer Dr Mamun Hasan said Nithi was admitted to the hospital with COVID-19 symptoms Saturday.

“The woman had tested positive for COVID-19,” he said

“After getting information about her death at her home we have sent a team of Islamic Foundation for her burial,” he added.

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