A Manhattan hospital is begging for the public’s help in identifying a woman who was admitted more than 100 days ago.
On April 12 around 4:45am, a woman believed to be in her late-fifties was sitting at a Harlem bus stop when a bystander dialed 911.
It is unclear why an ambulance was called, but she was taken to Mount Sinai in Morningside Heights – where she has remained ever since.
Employees have described the mysterious patient, who may go by the name Pam, as shy. In a photo shared by the hospital, she was seen covering her face with a towel.
But these surface-level details are all officials have gathered about Pam during her three months at the hospital, and now hospital workers are trying to fill in the gaps.
The hospital is asking anyone with information on who she might be to come forward, NBC reported.
Pam is 5’8″ tall and weighs 170 pounds. Hospital workers believe she was often in the Harlem area and generally wore black and covered her face. She speaks English and has greying hair.
The Daily Mail has reached out to Mount Sinai for comment.
A Manhattan hospital is begging for the public’s help in identifying a woman who was admitted more than 100 days ago (pictured)
It is unclear why an ambulance was called, but she was taken to Mount Sinai in Morningside Heights (pictured) – where she has remained ever since
Anyone with information regarding Pam’s identity should contact the hospital’s associate director of social work Kelly LaTerra at 646-901-9309.
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 just as in Pam’s case, little else was known about the patient.
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.
Employees have described the mysterious patient (pictured), who may go by the name Pam, as shy
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.
