By Oisin Sweeney • Published: 18 Nov 2020 • 7:07
Emergencias Sevilla have confirmed that the elderly Covid patient who disappeared from a hospital in a disorientated state has been found and returned to care.
The 76-year-old man had been admitted to Virgen del Rocio Hospital in the south of Seville with Covid-19 and respiratory dyspnoea. However, he was described as being in a ‘disorientated’ state and at around 2:30 AM on Tuesday disappeared from the hospital.
After his image was shared across the city on social media the Policia Nacional found the gentleman walking around Amate Park, some 4km from where he’d vanished from. He is reportedly now safe and well despite his illness and was returned to receive his treatment.
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Oisin is an Irish writer based in Seville, the sunny capital of Andalucia. After starting his working life as a bookseller, he moved into journalism and cut his teeth as a reporter at one of Ireland's biggest news websites. Since joining Euro Weekly News in November, he has enjoyed covering the latest stories from Seville, Spain and further afield - with special interests in crime, cybersecurity, and European politics. Anyone who can pronounce his name first try gets a free cerveza...
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