Elysse McCormick FOUND ALIVE

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The San Mateo Police Department is continuing to search for a 60-year-old woman who was reported missing after being discharged from the San Mateo Medical Center early Tuesday, San Mateo police Capt. Kevin Raffaelli said Thursday.

Elysse McCormick was reported missing on Tuesday morning by a family friend after she failed to return home following a brief admittance at the medical center on Monday, Raffaelli said. She was discharged from the hospital on Tuesday at 2:30 a.m., according to San Mateo Medical Center spokesman Dave Hook.

McCormick suffers from grand mal seizures, which can cause loss of consciousness and are often followed by drowsiness or confusion.

According to Raffaelli, McCormick was spotted at 5:15 p.m. Wednesday at 815 Serena Drive in Pacifica. She was reportedly looking for her brother who used to live in the area. Later that day, at 8:40 p.m., McCormick was spotted on Fell Street in San Francisco.

McCormick is a white woman standing 5 feet 2 inches tall with brown hair and hazel eyes. She weighs about 120 pounds and was last seen wearing black sweat pants with a karate emblem on them, Raffaelli said.

Anyone with information on McCormick's whereabouts is asked to contact the San Mateo Police Department at [phone].

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The San Mateo Medical Center plans to review its rules and policies, officials said Monday, one day after a woman who went missing after her emergency-room discharge a week ago was found.

Elysse McCormick, 60, was ``tired and in need of some rest'' when San Mateo police found her sleeping about 3 p.m. at a Greyhound bus station near Fremont and Mission streets in San Francisco, San Mateo police Lt. Tom Daughtry said.

She did not have a bus ticket.

It appeared that she had been wandering from place to place within San Francisco'' during the past several days, Daughtry said.

Police began investigating after McCormick, who suffers from seizures, was discharged from the medical center but failed to show up at home.

Sightings were reported in Pacifica, where her brother had lived, and later in San Francisco.

San Mateo investigators focused on San Francisco in their latest search effort.

We had two teams of two going to different locations,'' Daughtry said. ``We were kind of following the trail of sightings in the hope she was still in San Francisco. . . . Luckily we were able to find her.''

The hospital, meanwhile, is planning a formal review of the case, and the possibility of policy changes related to patient discharge has not been ruled out.

Officials have declined to describe McCormick's admittance and possible treatment at the emergency room, but Dave Hook, a medical center spokesman, said doctors and nurses had followed policy and determined that she was suitable for release.

We're not aware that anything went wrong, but certainly we'll take a look to see if there's anything we can and should do differently,'' Hook said.

We're reviewing our policies and procedures to determine if any changes need to be made.''
He added that the hospital was pleased with the most recent development in the case.

We're very happy she was found,'' Hook said.

It was a difficult few days . . . very difficult for the family.''

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