For the family of Domingos Martins, who went missing for five days in July, it is still a mystery how the 83-year-old man survived without food and medication. ( Jack Da Silva photo ) For the family of Domingos Martins, who went missing for five days in July, it is still a mystery how the 83-year-old man survived without food and medication. How did an 83-year-old Toronto man with dementia manage to survive for five days without food and his blood pressure medication? Article Continued Below“Maggots were already starting to eat him,” Da Silva said in an interview. She said patients slip away so quickly, not because they’re trying to escape but because they’ve become confused.

Source: thestar August 29, 2017 21:11 UTC