Latheria Johnson told The Guardian that her father, Lloyd Whyms, was taken to the emergency ward by ambulance around 7pm Tuesday. He was vomiting blood and not fully coherent.
He was taken for treatment but when the family went to check on him he was nowhere to be found.
In the hours that followed the family was told that Whyms, 54, had left the hospital. Hospital officials told the family they should search the street and threatened to call the police, Johnson said.
After visiting two police stations, the family returned to the hospital with an officer who asked for a tape that showed the man leaving.
With no results, the family finally went home at 6am. About an hour later they got a call that Whyms was found unconscious in the hospital's basement.
The hospital has released a statement confirming some of the events.
Full Story in The Nassau Guardian here
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