The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:
The spokesman for Tseung Kwan O Hospital (TKOH) made the following public appeal today (August 15) to help locate a missing person:
A 78-year-old elderly woman with dementia, accompanied by a domestic helper, attended follow-up consultation at TKOH Specialist Out-patient Department this afternoon. The elderly was found missing by domestic helper at around 5pm while awaiting drug dispensing in pharmacy. Relatives reported to the police and sought assistance from the hospital.
The elderly woman is about 1.5 metres tall and of thin body build with short hair. According to CCTV footage, she was wearing a yellow white striped T-shirt, black trouser and white shoes when she left the hospital.
The hospital appeals to the public to help locate the elderly woman and contact police if they know her whereabouts.
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