hyderabad a coronavirus patient who ran away from the covid ward of kothagudem government hospital was found dead at a railway station in the area on saturdaypilli venkateshwarlu of nacham village in dammapet mandal went missing from the hospital around midnight on thursday hospital authorities also brought this to the notice of aswaraopet policeit appears the man reached the railway station on friday night and slept there the next day a few people noticed that he wasnt moving at all and alerted the police who arrived there the identity of the deceased was ascertained and the family was informed the body was shifted to the mortuary it is not immediately clear why the 40yearold ran away from the hospital it is suspected that he could have died due to breathlessness pilli venkateshwarlu had got a covid test done on july 28 on testing positive he was admitted to the isolation ward of the area hospital hospital authorities are checking cctv footage from the hospital to see how the patient left the institute