Local hospitals have regularly used the media as a tool to identify patients and get them in contact with their loved ones, but often the names of the patients remain a mystery until someone comes forward.

It’s a different story for 71-year-old Daisy Verdugo who has been hospitalized for six weeks after suffering a stroke.

A woman, believed to be 71-year-old Daisy Verdugo, has been hospitalized at a Torrance hospital and attempts to contact her loved ones have proven unsuccessful. (Providence Health & Services)
A woman, believed to be 71-year-old Daisy Verdugo, has been hospitalized at a Torrance hospital and attempts to contact her loved ones have proven unsuccessful. (Providence Health & Services)

Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center, a hospital in Torrance, has been searching for the woman’s family without success, adding that the patient is unable to “participate in her care.”

Officials say she was brought to the Torrance hospital after initially being treated at Los Angeles General Medical Center in Boyle Heights.

Attempts to contact her loved ones have failed, which led Providence hospital officials to reach out to the media for help. A spokesperson for the hospital said “nearly always” the publicity has resulted in families being reunited.

They believe the woman is named Daisy Verdugo with a possible birth date of March 13, 1953. She is Hispanic, about 5 feet tall and weighs about 148 pounds. She has graying brown hair and brown eyes, officials said.

  • A woman, believed to be 71-year-old Daisy Verdugo, has been hospitalized at a Torrance hospital and attempts to contact her loved ones have proven unsuccessful. (Providence Health & Services)
    A woman, believed to be 71-year-old Daisy Verdugo, has been hospitalized at a Torrance hospital and attempts to contact her loved ones have proven unsuccessful. (Providence Health & Services)
  • A woman, believed to be 71-year-old Daisy Verdugo, has been hospitalized at a Torrance hospital and attempts to contact her loved ones have proven unsuccessful. (Providence Health & Services)
    A woman, believed to be 71-year-old Daisy Verdugo, has been hospitalized at a Torrance hospital and attempts to contact her loved ones have proven unsuccessful. (Providence Health & Services)
  • A woman, believed to be 71-year-old Daisy Verdugo, has been hospitalized at a Torrance hospital and attempts to contact her loved ones have proven unsuccessful. (Providence Health & Services)
    A woman, believed to be 71-year-old Daisy Verdugo, has been hospitalized at a Torrance hospital and attempts to contact her loved ones have proven unsuccessful. (Providence Health & Services)
  • A woman, believed to be 71-year-old Daisy Verdugo, has been hospitalized at a Torrance hospital and attempts to contact her loved ones have proven unsuccessful. (Providence Health & Services)
    A woman, believed to be 71-year-old Daisy Verdugo, has been hospitalized at a Torrance hospital and attempts to contact her loved ones have proven unsuccessful. (Providence Health & Services)

The severity of her condition was not released and patient confidentiality laws restrict the amount of information hospital officials can provide. But her caretakers hope that someone might recognize her and help contact any friends or family who will be able to help in her healing process.

Anyone with information about the woman believed to be Daisy Verdugo is urged to call 310-425-5749.