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missing person Southern Uplands
West Linton, Whim Hall Nursing Home area
An 85-year-old man with dementia went missing from a care home in West Linton on the evening of 6 January, having left inadequately dressed. He was found by Tweed Valley Mountain Rescue Team in woodland early the following morning after suffering a fall, and was evacuated by stretcher to hospital for treatment of hypothermia and observation.
Outcome: casualty evacuated by stretcher to Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh for observation
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