Urgent request: Please assist us to help a patient

South Texas Health System asks for your assistance in sharing information with the community that may help an elderly woman go home or find help.

In March, an elderly woman going by the name of Maria Barrera, was brought by ambulance to the emergency room at Edinburg Regional Medical Center. She was anemic, dehydrated, and disorientated, and is suffering from dementia. She had been helped by a family in Edinburg who had been feeding her and giving her a place to sleep; however, Maria became too much to handle for the Good Samaritans. She left, allegedly wandered the streets and fell. When she was discovered, she was in poor physical health, and that’s when the people she had been staying with called Adult Protective Service. APS notified EMS, and Maria was brought to the hospital. She has been at the hospital since March 23, 2017.

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