News by Frances Vinall and Anthony Piovesan 10th Jan 2021 2:36 PM | Updated: 11th Jan 2021 1:20 PM An elderly man with dementia who vanished into thin air after disappearing from a Melbourne hospital has been found. Ratko Dujela, 79, was located in Kealba at 7.30am on Monday after a massive two-day public appeal to find him following his disappearance on Friday. He was admitted into Sunshine Hospital in Melbourne s west on Thursday with what turned out to be a urine infection. A Victoria Police spokesperson said on Monday morning Mr Dujela had been located in the nearby suburb and had been taken to hospital for a check-up but appeared to be OK .
Ratko Dujela, 79, was found about 7.30am in Kealba today after leaving Sunshine Hospital with a cannula still in his arm on Friday.
Ratko has been missing since Friday and given his dementia diagnosis family and police are extremely concerned for his welfare.(Supplied)
His concerned family yesterday said they had searched everywhere possible and were particularly worried due to the amount of time he had been missing and the heat. Having dementia he doesn t know that he s lost, step daughter Jacinta Neralic said. He hasn t eaten, he hasn t slept . he hasn t had anything to drink. We ve exhausted all avenues, to be honest.