Terminally ill pensioner hurt in fall after disappearance

A TERMINALLY ill pensioner who went missing from a hospital for several hours was found with cuts and bruises after he fell 20 feet of a 150ft descent just yards from the unit.

The single man was found bloodied and disorientated in thick undergrowth after going missing for seven hours from St Luke’s Hospital in Kilkenny at the weekend.

The Co Carlow patient wandered from his ward on Saturday morning. Hospital staff launched a full-scale search when it was discovered he was missing from his ward.