Rescue personnel search the mountains to save the lost, dementia-stricken woman surnamed Hong. (Photo by Meng Xiangjie)
Rescue personnel search the mountains to save the lost, dementia-stricken woman surnamed Hong. (Photo by Meng Xiangjie)
Rescue personnel search the mountains to save the lost, dementia-stricken woman surnamed Hong, who was later sent to the hospital for treatment. (Photo by Meng Xiangjie)
Rescue personnel search the mountains to save the lost, dementia-stricken woman surnamed Hong, who was later sent to the hospital for treatment. (Photo by Meng Xiangjie)

The New Taipei City Fire Department received a report around 2 p.m. yesterday (1st) from the Bitan Public Elderly Care Center in Xindian District, stating that a 75-year-old woman surnamed Hong with dementia had gone missing. The fire department alerted the police to search the vicinity. Surveillance footage showed the woman appearing at the entrance of Lane 62, Section 2, Xintan Road, Xindian District—7.5 kilometers away—but her whereabouts remained unknown. At 8 a.m. today (2nd), a mountain rescue team was formed to search the area, and she was found around 9 a.m. at the hiking trail entrance of Lane 81, Section 3, Xintan Road. She suffered minor abrasions on her left palm, was sent to the hospital for treatment, and is in stable condition.

(China Times)