GEORGE TOWN: Police are tracking down a man believed to be a Covid-19 patient who escaped from Penang Hospital today.
A police source said the 23-year-old man who was receiving treatment at the hospital was found missing from his ward at 3.20pm.
“The man wearing a white outfit had left behind a pink wristband on his bed,” the source told Bernama.
Penang police chief Sahabudin Abd Manan, when contacted by Bernama, confirmed receiving a report on the incident adding that police are actively searching for him.
A media report said the man’s last known address was believed to be in Kepala Batas on the mainland.
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