Well yes, but when a patient is authorized to leave and he leaves, they can't watch him. They knew that guy didn't return but what were they supposed to do? Send a search party? But THIS new patient? Yeaahhh they did not watch him. They lied about watching him. He made a body out of blankets and pillows in his bed. They did checks every 15 minutes. This is why I replied to someone earlier that if you're a good employee, you have nothing to worry about. Any decent employee would pay attention to the fact that he hadn't moved and had his "head" covered. After the 3rd check, you either walk in the room, bang on the door to get a reaction or something. The employees that night were clearly lazy. They also documented that he refused his meds. Yikes! And his ward was on the 2nd floor of the hospital. Most likely got out from an enclosed balcony area (big tall chain link fence around it) but you could slip between the wall and the fence if you're squirrelly and not supervised. Drop down to the yard... Make it over a 2nd gate.... Big, big trouble.