Elders abandoned and alone


NEARLY 2,200 senior citizens were abandoned across the country from 2018 until June this year, said the Women, Family and Community Development Ministry.

From the total of 2,144 persons, 914 of them – 656 males and 258 females – were successfully reunited with their respective family members.

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