Pacific Hospital of Long Beach responded today to this article, which ran Sunday about a schizophrenic Lawndale woman who has been missing since the hospital discharged her more than two weeks ago.
Saron Belay, 37, is not capable of seeking help or calling her family, according to her family members. She hasn't been heard from since a taxi that was supposed to take her from the hospital to a transitional care facility in Norwalk dropped her off at the wrong address.
Here's what Laura Salas, director of patient and public relations at the hospital, said in a written statement:
Saron Belay, 37, is not capable of seeking help or calling her family, according to her family members. She hasn't been heard from since a taxi that was supposed to take her from the hospital to a transitional care facility in Norwalk dropped her off at the wrong address.
Here's what Laura Salas, director of patient and public relations at the hospital, said in a written statement:
"We at Pacific Hospital of Long Beach are mortified and distress We at Pacific Hospital of Long Beach are very concerned that one of our discharged patients is missing as a result of a wrong address miscommunication. The miscommunication occurred when the private taxi company transporting the discharged patient gave the wrong destination address to the driver.The taxi company in question has been used to augment our own transportation services at our expense for over 8 years and in that period we have never experienced an unfortunate incident such as this.
We will continue to review the details and will do everything possible to support this investigation and ensure that this never happens again."
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