UPDATE: The hospital announced shortly before 11:00am, "Thank you for all your help. UMC has since identified the patient."
Officials in New Orleans are asking is anyone knows a man hospitalized for the past couple of weeks.
"University Medical Center is seeking the public’s help to identify a man being cared for at the hospital since he was injured on May 17," according to a news release.
Authorities say the patient had no identification when he was transported to hospital.
While privacy laws don't allow facilities to share specifics on a patient's condition, the release did say the man had been "injured."
"The unidentified man is 6 feet, 1 inches tall, weighs about 149 pounds with blue eyes. He appears to be in his fifties."
UMC says the patient has a number of tattoos:
-Right forearm forearm - runic tattoos for "s" and "u"
-Inner right forearm - shamrock with crossbones
-Inner right arm - Celtic knotwork
-Upper right arm - tattoos in descending order Rune for "h", a heraldic lion on a shield with a blue background, rune for "thorn"
-Posterior right upper arm - Celtic knotwork bird
-Lower left leg - an outline of a skull inferior to a New Orleans Hard Core X tattoo
-Posterior L lower leg tattoo black linework
-Lower right leg - name "Jillian"
-Chest left side - black sun
-Abdomen - letters "FTW"
-Chest right - praying hands
"Anyone with information on his identity is asked to call University Medical Center at 504.702.3000. We greatly appreciate the public’s assistance in identifying this patient."
