Injured patient goes missing from Sagar's Bundelkhand Medical College after leaving ward

A patient undergoing treatment at Bundelkhand Medical College (BMC) in Sagar has been missing since he left his ward. Police have registered a missing person case and begun an investigation.

The missing patient is Anshul Thakur, 20, a resident of Silwani. He was injured in a road accident on November 8, suffering injuries to his eye and head. His family then admitted him to BMC.

According to his family, Anshul left the ward at around 3 pm on Monday saying he had to go to the bathroom. When he did not return for a long time, relatives searched for him on the hospital premises but could not find him.

Alok Sharma, a neighbour of Anshul, said the hospital management was informed of his disappearance. An attempt was then made to check footage from the CCTV cameras installed on the premises, but some of the cameras were found to be switched off. When the search in the hospital yielded no trace of him, a complaint was lodged at Gopalganj police station. Police have registered a missing person case and are investigating.

This is not the first time a patient has gone missing from BMC. Earlier, another patient had disappeared from the medical college, and his body was found three days later in the store room of a hospital ward. The disappearance of another patient has again raised questions about the hospital's security and surveillance arrangements.