A unidentified male lies in a Los Angeles hospital room hooked up to a ventilator with officials begging for information that might help find his family.
The injured man was brought to Dignity Health-California Hospital Medical Center on August 9, according to KTLA.
He was found completely unresponsive near an intersection in the city’s heavily Latino Westlake District, on South Alvarado and 7th Streets.
The hospital has been treating him for several days but he has not woken up, so doctors have been unable to find out who he is.
In addition, they have found no documentation or evidence that could reveal the man’s identity.
They are putting out information about the mystery man in an attempt to locate anyone that can provide information.
Dignity Healthy released a photo and described him as an Hispanic man in his early 50s.
Officials say the 5-feet 5-inches tall man weighs 145 pounds and has brown eyes and black-gray hair.
A man lies in a Los Angeles hospital room hooked up to a ventilator with hospital officials begging for any information to help identify him
He was found completely unresponsive near an intersection in the city’s heavily Latino Westlake District, on South Alvarado and 7th Streets
They would not reveal what the man’s condition was due to doctor-patient confidentiality laws.
He currently suffers several scabs and cuts across his face and nose and remains on a ventilator.
If the public have any information regarding this man, California Hospital Medical Center are urging you to call them at 213-742-5511 or 213-507-5495.
It’s unclear if there was any criminal element involved in why the man ended up in this tragic situation.
The Daily Mail has reached out to the Los Angeles Police Department for comment.
Unfortunately, stories like these are all too common.
Last month, a California man was found unconscious and was rushed to St. Mary Medical Center in Long Beach.
He was believed to be in his mid-forties, but little else was known about the patient.
If the public have any information regarding this man, California Hospital Medical Center are urging you to call them at 213-742-5511 or 213-507-5495
The hospital has been treating him for several days but he has not woken up, so doctors have been unable to find out who he is
A chilling photo released by Dignity Health showed the man lying in a hospital bed, hooked up to a ventilator.
In October 2024, another California hospital took a similar approach to Mount Sinai in hopes of identifying a seriously ill patient.
Staff at the Riverside Community Hospital had done everything they could think of, but could not determine the name of a man who came through the facility’s doors a month earlier.
They refused to say what was wrong with him or why he was attached to a ventilator, but released a photograph in the hopes that someone can put a name to the face.
Identifying John or Jane Doe patients is no easy task, as doctors and other hospital staff members must work to find out who they are without violating their rights.
The New York Department of Health has protocols in place specifically for missing children, college students and vulnerable adults.
These standards were set in 2018 after ‘several instances of a missing adult with Alzheimer’s disease who was admitted to a hospital as an unidentified patient and police and family members were unable to locate the individual.’
However, the process is not as cut and dry when it is the hospital asking for the public’s help instead of the other way around.
While hospitals have been known to share images of unknown patients when all else fails, they are not allowed to reveal much about their circumstances due to confidentiality laws.