India, Aug. 12 -- In a major security lapse, four patients went missing from the Regional Mental Hospital (RMH) in Yerawada over the past two weeks, prompting immediate disciplinary action. Six staff members have been suspended with immediate effect, and show cause notices have been issued to four others, including two senior doctors who were on night duty, officials said, adding that a proposal seeking administrative approval for the suspensions has been sent to the deputy director of health services..
According to the hospital records, the first incident occurred on July 29, when a 37-year-old male patient from Nanded went missing from the male informatory ward.
On August 1, three more patients - aged 35, 40, and 45 - all from another...
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