AN 80-year-old Alzheimer’s patient reported missing from hospital was found safe and well after walking one and half miles.
The pensioner was reported missing by staff after he walked out of Royal Blackburn Hospital at 9.20am yesterday.
Police said numerous patrols began a search through Blackburn after being told he was a ‘good walker’.
He made it all the way to Mill Hill, where a resident took him in and rang the police at 11.40am.
He was then returned to hospital.
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