A patient at the university hospital wandered through the city of Zurich on Saturday with cans of beer, an IV stand and a broken eye.
A man wanders through the city of Zurich on Saturday afternoon with a beer can and an IV stand. – zVg
the essentials in brief
- On Saturday, two people from Zurich had a strange encounter in the city.
- A patient at the university hospital wanders through the city with a can of beer and an IV stand.
- According to the clinic, patients are generally allowed to move freely.
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“I thought I looked wrong.” Tina H.* and her boyfriend Matthias were sitting in a restaurant near the Zurich University Hospital last Saturday afternoon. When the 31-year-old from Zurich looked out the window, she was amazed.
When the Nau.ch reader speaks to the man, he replies in standard German that he just has something in his eye. For data protection reasons, Zurich University Hospital cannot say whether the man escaped from the hospital.
“There was a patient walking on the street with an IV pole,” she remembers. “He was dressed normally, but there was a hose hanging on him.” What makes the Zurich woman particularly suspicious: “He was carrying a Prix Guarantee beer can in his hand.”
Because they are worried, the couple gets up and speaks to the patient without further ado. “We wanted to know if he was okay and if he needed help,” she says.
To her surprise, the man responded with a friendly smile and answered in standard German. “No fear. I’m not contagious, I just have something in my eye.” He wants to go shopping now.
Patients are generally allowed to move freely
But Tina wonders: Can hospital patients just walk around outside like that?
Yes, according to the request from the University Hospital of Zurich. “In principle, patients can move freely if they do not have any measures restricting their freedom.” However, the clinic cannot provide any information about individual patients for data protection reasons.
Have you had to go to the hospital recently?
The man probably went largely unnoticed. According to the Zurich city police, there were no reports of the incident due to concerned neighbors.
* Name changed by the editors
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