A prisoner is on the loose after escaping from custody at Port Macquarie Base Hospital on the NSW Mid North Coast.
Prisoner Matthew Furner, 28, was being treated about 8:00am when he escaped, with a guard firing a warning shot during the incident.
The hospital was is lockdown this morning following the incident, and police are urging the community to avoid the area and not approach the man if he is spotted.
A large-scale search involving local police, traffic and highway police, the dog unit and the police helicopter is underway.
Furner, who was wearing prison greens, was last seen running down the Oxley Highway near Lake Road.
He is described as 180 centimetres tall, with a slim build, shaved head and a rat’s tail.
It is understood Furner was a prisoner at the Mid North Coast Correctional Centre, in West Kempsey, about 25 kilometres from the hospital and the Port Macquarie town.
Furner stayed in the hospital on Saturday night and was in the process of being discharged while under guard when he escaped.
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