Search for missing 79-year-old Fresno man with medical needs

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Authorities are actively searching for a missing 79-year-old Fresno man, the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office says.

Deputies say around 11p.m. Friday, Ramiro Ortiz walked away from a medical care facility near Belmont and Cornelia Avenues in northwest Fresno.

He was being treated for a number of medical issues as a patient of the facility and is in need of medication and medical care.

Ortiz is described as 5 feet 4 inches, weighs approximately 120 pounds, has gray hair, and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a black hat, a long-sleeved blue dress-shirt, and khaki pants…

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