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[h=1]Lion attack victims flee hospital at night[/h]
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Tarangire National Park game wardens look at carcasses of six lions after they were reportedly killed by residents of Olesiti Village in Arusha Region recently. PHOTO | FILE
By Filbert Rweyemamu,The Citizen Correspondent
Posted Monday, January 5 2015 at 15:00
IN SUMMARY
Officials from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism went to visit the victims at Monduli District Hospital on Saturday, only to be told that the patients, fearing arrest, sneaked out the previous night and vanished into the darkness.
The physician in charge at the hospital, Dr Edward Lengai, confirmed yesterday that the four had run away after fellow villagers told them that they would be arrested and jailed for killing the lions.
As you can see for yourself, the entrance for out-patients and those admitted is the same...its hard for security personnel to tell them.
Sometimes patients flee without settling their bills, but theres little we can do, bearing in mind that we have no uniform for admitted patients, he said. Dr Lengai added that the four patients still needed to continue with treatment, saying they had sustained serious wounds during their confrontation with the lions.
He named the escaped patients as Mr Jackson Melari, 30; Mr Obeid Mollel, 23; Mr Jackson Tevel, 34, and Karan Dilala, 30, all residents of Olasiti Village.
They were taken to hospital after they were mauled by lions that had been cornered by over 100 villagers.
By Filbert Rweyemamu,The Citizen Correspondent
Posted Monday, January 5 2015 at 15:00
IN SUMMARY
- 100: The estimated number of villagers who hunted down and killed six lions last weekArusha.The four people who were mauled when villagers attacked and killed six lions in Babati District last week have disappeared from hospital.
Officials from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism went to visit the victims at Monduli District Hospital on Saturday, only to be told that the patients, fearing arrest, sneaked out the previous night and vanished into the darkness.
The physician in charge at the hospital, Dr Edward Lengai, confirmed yesterday that the four had run away after fellow villagers told them that they would be arrested and jailed for killing the lions.
As you can see for yourself, the entrance for out-patients and those admitted is the same...its hard for security personnel to tell them.
Sometimes patients flee without settling their bills, but theres little we can do, bearing in mind that we have no uniform for admitted patients, he said. Dr Lengai added that the four patients still needed to continue with treatment, saying they had sustained serious wounds during their confrontation with the lions.
He named the escaped patients as Mr Jackson Melari, 30; Mr Obeid Mollel, 23; Mr Jackson Tevel, 34, and Karan Dilala, 30, all residents of Olasiti Village.
They were taken to hospital after they were mauled by lions that had been cornered by over 100 villagers.