Local hospital asks: Can you help identify this woman?

HOBOKEN–Hoboken University Medical Center and the police department need assistance identifying a woman who has been at the hospital for the past 40 days. According to a police release, the female has a life threatening illness and may suffer from dementia.

The patient believes she is of Italian descent and is described as a white 65-year-old woman approximately 5 feet tall with brown eyes, dark hair, and weighs roughly 100 pounds.

The woman believes her name could be Mary Ford with her possible date of birth being either Sept. 9 1950, 1951, or 1961.

The woman is believed to be homeless and may have lived in North Bergen at one time.

If you know this woman please contact the Hoboken Police Department at (201-) 420-2100 or Hoboken University Medical Center at (201) 418-1336.

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