A businessman undergoing COVID treatment at Malabar Hill’s St. Elizabeth Hospital escaped after physically assaulting staff members late on Friday night last week. He was chased down by policemen on night patrol.

Patient Rajesh Gupta was admitted on April 13 with cough, fever, breathing issues, headache, hyperacidity, stomach upset, etc. “Since Day 1, Gupta had been rude with staffers, he said he was not getting proper treatment,” said a source from the hospital.