Hector Anthony LeBlanc Found After Missing from Hospital — Cape Breton Post

cape breton post: Hector Anthony LeBlanc, 38, was found after going missing from the Cape Breton Regional Hospital emergency department in Sydney on Monday around 11:15 a.m. Nova Scotia Health said Thursday that he was located and returned to the hospital.

The public search ended once health officials said LeBlanc was back at the hospital. Nova Scotia Health also thanked the public for helping locate him.

LeBlanc at Cape Breton Regional Hospital

LeBlanc disappeared from the emergency department at Cape Breton Regional Hospital, the point that turned a routine patient stay into a missing-person report. The hospital location and the Monday morning timing were the first details released about where he was last seen.

By Thursday, Nova Scotia Health said he had been located and returned. That left the immediate question for anyone following the case already answered: the missing patient was no longer unaccounted for.

Nova Scotia Health on Thursday

Nova Scotia Health issued the update in a press release on Thursday. The statement also thanked the public for its assistance, making clear that the search had involved community help, not only hospital staff.

For readers who were watching the case, the practical update is straightforward: the missing patient was found, and the hospital has him back. The public request tied to the search is no longer active, and the account now rests on a resolved hospital incident rather than an open missing-person notice.