An elderly man suffering from nerves who escaped from his home last Thursday has been found alive and is now back in his home in the Diez de Octubre municipality, Havana.
The man, named Juan Miguel, was taken back by a police patrol that found him in the Vento and Camagüey area.
The news was announced on Facebook by Jorge Luis Boudet, who is the son of the woman who takes care of the elderly man during the day, until 5:00 pm.
"He is lost and has a nervous illness, and he has been without medication since last night," Boudet had warned in his initial report.
Juan Miguel lives in the Santos Suárez neighborhood. He lives alone, and after his caregiver leaves, there is no one else with him. He was last seen on the day of his disappearance around 7:00 PM.
The disappearances of people with mental or chronic illnesses have increased in Cuba recently, due to the lack of medication destabilizing these patients and affecting their normal behavior.
Relatives turn to social media to give visibility to the cases and gather assistance to find them, due to the inefficiency of the authorities and the lack of an official channel to aid in the search.
At the end of August, a 61-year-old man disappeared from his home for several days until he was found safe and sound, although somewhat disoriented, trying to enter his workplace.
His son explained that the elderly man suffers from diabetes and hypertension, and had expressed his concern, "as he is an insulin-dependent patient and is not being medicated."
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