NATION IN BRIEF : TENNESSEE : Missing Hospital Patient Found Dead

A woman being treated for a stomach ailment was missing for 16 days before a Nashville hospital nurse came across her body three flights up--on a storage floor. Distraught relatives demanded to know how Mildred Lancaster, 69, could have been overlooked during repeated searches of Meharry-Hubbard Hospital and its grounds. Hospital officials are seeking to learn how Lancaster managed to get to the 10th floor, which is not in use. Lancaster had been having problems eating and checked herself in July 11 for treatment of a stomach problem. The cause of death was listed as accidental, brought on by dehydration and hardening of arteries.