Four drug addicts who climbed over the wall to escape from the hospital were captured.

Nhan Ai Hospital - where four patients were being treated and escaped by climbing over the wall - Photo: Hospital website

On February 21, Bu Gia Map District Police, Binh Phuoc Province, said they had arrested four drug rehabilitation patients who had escaped from treatment at Nhan Ai Hospital.

The escaped patients who were arrested include: PMQ (40 years old, from Quang Binh ), NHT (49 years old), TVTP (35 years old) and NTS (36 years old, all living in Ho Chi Minh City).

According to a representative of Bu Gia Map District Police, these patients are subject to compulsory drug rehabilitation and have other diseases such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis... so they are dangerous to the community and need to be arrested again.

Previously, at around 6:00 p.m. on February 19, the four patients took advantage of a loophole in the management process of the staff at Nhan Ai Hospital to climb over the fence and escape.

Upon receiving the news, Bu Gia Map District Police quickly mobilized forces from professional teams and local police, along with Nhan Ai Hospital, to cordon off the area and search for the escaped patient.

The forces have organized checkpoints and controlled people and vehicles at the gateway routes to the area 24/7 to search for the patients.

At 4:30 p.m. on February 20, the police discovered and arrested TVTP who was hiding in a cashew plantation of local people in Cay Da hamlet, Phu Van commune. After a quick investigation, the police deployed forces to cordon off the area, block off and arrest the remaining three people.

At 8am on February 21, the Bu Gia Map District Police task force discovered the remaining three patients. These people fled, forcing the authorities to chase them for a long distance.

Bu Gia Map District Police later handed over the four escaped patients to Nhan Ai Hospital for continued management and treatment according to regulations.

Nhan Ai Hospital is under the Department of Health of Ho Chi Minh City, located in Phu Van commune, Bu Gia Map district. The hospital has the function of treating and caring for HIV/AIDS patients free of charge; providing medical services, effective treatment with anti-HIV drugs and other opportunistic infections, palliative care...

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/bat-lai-duoc-4-nguoi-cai-nghien-treo-tuong-tron-benh-vien-20240221171523505.htm