The elderly man who in recent days has moved away from his retirement home in Giave , has been found and rescued , causing his tracks to be lost.
The alarm went off on 4 August: the man, an 88-year-old suffering from severe cognitive problems , did not return to the facility.
The soldiers of the Bonorva company have triggered the search plan with reconnaissance and patrol services of all urban and extra-urban areas. They found him in a countryside , sitting under a low wall in an evidently confused state and severely dehydrated. A 118 ambulance intervened on the spot.
The medical staff gave the first care to the elderly , who also got various bruises on his arms while wandering through the undergrowth. The 88-year-old was later returned to the care of the nursing home staff.
THE DIRECTOR - On the case the intervention of the director of the San Michele retirement home, Gianni Serra. "The elderly guest of the facility, who has always been self-sufficient, left at 10 am on August 4 - he explains -. In the late morning, since he was not returning, I notified the carabinieri at the Bonorva station. The elderly man, evidently for the too hot, he had a moment of confusion and lost his orientation. The carabinieri found him in the late afternoon of the same day in excellent health conditions. In fact, the 118 staff, after treating some bruises, brought him back to the facility . All this - he concludes - in order to restore the truth and reassure patients, relatives and employees ".
(Unioneonline / D)
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