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Chinese woman in her 80s left for more than a month, abandoned and bedridden

Elderly widow survived on ‘kindness of neighbours’ while her adult children were nowhere to be seen

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Octogenarian Zhang was left alone at home until her younger daughter returned from another city and took her to hospital. Photo: Handout
Alice Yanin Shanghai

A woman in her 80s was left bedridden at home by herself in southern China for more than a month with none of her four children coming to look after her, a local television station reported.

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Zhang Luanmei fell and suffered a head injury at the beginning of April at her home in Shantou, in Guangdong province, according to a report by Shantou TV.

She was occasionally given assistance by neighbours and “other kind-hearted people” the report said without elaborating.

Zhang’s younger daughter and granddaughter visit her in hospital. Photo: Handout
Zhang’s younger daughter and granddaughter visit her in hospital. Photo: Handout

Her husband died some time ago, and none of her two sons and daughters live with her. Zhang lived alone and had been begging on the street for many years.

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