Officials need help identifying man in Grady Memorial Hospital care

Grady Memorial Hospital Emergency Room sign.

Update: Grady says they have successfully identified the patient and thank FOX 5 viewers for their help.

Officials need help identifying a patient currently in the care of Grady Memorial Hospital. 

The patient is described as a man possibly in his 60s who was found on Feb. 7 down on the side of the road near the intersection of Murphy Avenue and Avon Avenue in southwest Atlanta. Grady officials say the man is critically ill.

Officials are trying to identify this man who is critically ill at Grady Memorial Hospital after being found in southwest Atlanta on Feb. 7, 2022.

Officials are trying to identify this man who is critically ill at Grady Memorial Hospital after being found in southwest Atlanta on Feb. 7, 2022. (Grady Memorial Hospital)

That patient stands about 5-feet-10-inches tall and weighs about 190 pounds with his hair and beard being black with mixed gray. There are old burn scars on his left arm and leg.

Anyone who recognizes the man is asked to call Grady Social Services Department at 404-616-5331.

Grady officials said a second patient in their care whose name was previously unknown has since been identified.

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