Buzau man, sentenced to prison with execution because he escaped from the hospital before the Covid-19 test result. He was not infected with coronavirus – Essential

A man from the town of Grebănu in Buzau was sentenced to one year in prison and barred from his rights after, in the spring of this year, he escaped from an isolation unit located in the courtyard of the infectious diseases department of the County Hospital , where I was waiting for the test result. COVID-19.

However, the sentence is not final and can be appealed within 10 days, according to news.ro.

Local Publications Opinion and Reporter Buzoian, is the first case in the country in which the prison sentence with execution is applied in such a case. They also write that he had no criminal record.

In April this year, the 36-year-old man from Grebănu, Buzau, was hospitalized because he was coughing. It was placed in one of the containers in the infectious disease department of the Buzău county hospital, until the result for Covid 19 was found.

However, a day after admission, the man ran away, before discovering if he was infected with coronavirus.

According to Buzau’s Opinion, he was captured after three hours by the railway transport police at Boboc station, on his way home.

Subsequently, the test result showed that the man was not infected with the SARS-COv-2 virus, he had TB.