An elderly woman has been rescued after spending eight days stuck in the bath.
The alarm was raised by the woman’s meals on wheels service after they failed to get hold of her to deliver her food.
The woman, who is in her seventies, lives in Loughborough, Leicester.
Dawn Jackson from Wiltshire Farm Foods raised the alarm after becoming concerned about the unnamed woman.
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She called the police, who broke in to discover the woman in the bath.
She was hungry but otherwise fine, they said.
Officers managed to get her out and East Midlands Ambulance were called to carry out medical assessment. Although hungry, she is okay.
A polices spokesperson said: “Officers managed to get her out and East Midlands Ambulance were called to carry out medical assessment. Although hungry, she is okay.”
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