Patient Escapes, Hides in Air Duct
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — A man brought to the Desert Regional Medical Center emergency room by police for a psychiatric evaluation escaped custody and found his way into the hospital’s air conditioning system.
The man was taken to the hospital by police after they responded to a call Sunday that he was on the roof of a home yelling, The Desert Sun reports. Later that day, hospital security contacted police to say the man had walked away and was in the east tower.
Police searched floor by floor, and eventually located the man in a large air conditioning duct.
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