<p class="title">A temporary ‘D’ group staff member was arrested by the town police on the charge of stealing money from the pocket of a Covid-19 patient admitted at the Designated Covid Hospital in Madikeri.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Dilshad (45), a resident of Jodupala, is the arrested. She was working in the district hospital for the past 17 years on a contract basis.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Following a complaint of respiratory problem, Rajanikanth from Koodige village in Somwarpet was admitted to the Covid-19 hospital. He was tested positive for Covid-19. His family members had given him Rs 11,000 during the time of admission.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He was eventually shifted to the ICU. On May 20 at 5.30 pm, he called his wife Shobha and complained that a lady staff member had taken money from his pocket at 4 am. Without responding to the treatment, Rajanikanth passed away on May 23.</p>.<p class="bodytext">As the money taken from Rajanikanth’s pocket was not returned to the family members by the hospital staff, Shobha’s brother K Girish had submitted a complaint to the town police station.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Based on CCTV footage, the town police arrested Dilshad.</p>
<p class="title">A temporary ‘D’ group staff member was arrested by the town police on the charge of stealing money from the pocket of a Covid-19 patient admitted at the Designated Covid Hospital in Madikeri.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Dilshad (45), a resident of Jodupala, is the arrested. She was working in the district hospital for the past 17 years on a contract basis.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Following a complaint of respiratory problem, Rajanikanth from Koodige village in Somwarpet was admitted to the Covid-19 hospital. He was tested positive for Covid-19. His family members had given him Rs 11,000 during the time of admission.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He was eventually shifted to the ICU. On May 20 at 5.30 pm, he called his wife Shobha and complained that a lady staff member had taken money from his pocket at 4 am. Without responding to the treatment, Rajanikanth passed away on May 23.</p>.<p class="bodytext">As the money taken from Rajanikanth’s pocket was not returned to the family members by the hospital staff, Shobha’s brother K Girish had submitted a complaint to the town police station.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Based on CCTV footage, the town police arrested Dilshad.</p>