A NSW Police dog named Marco made headlines this week for saving the life of a missing man , after finding him stuck in a river and clinging to a tree in an area that had already been searched . Now another police dog has conducting another incredible rescued in in strikingly similar circumstances , after NSW Police dog Ulrich saved an elderly man who disappeared from hospital . On Monday , an 86-year-old man went missing from Maitland Hospital and a desperate three-day long search ensued . The man has been identified as Herbert 'Nobby ' Bartlett and he had been in hospital recovering from a stroke he suffered six weeks ago , according to The Daily Telegraph . After four days missing he was found a mere eight minute walk from the hospital on Bonar Street , thanks to a dog who assumed his duties on Thursday morning and led police straight to the site . Police dog Ulrich found a lost man , 86-year-old Herbert Bartlett who was lost for four days in tall grass . Central Hunter Local Area Command had searched a number of towns using a great number of resources , including police officers , the SES and the Dog Unit . One of these dogs became an unassuming hero - a two-year-old German Shepherd named Ulrich . For almost four days Mr Bartlett was lost and disorientated laying helplessly in tall grass next to a lake . Police had already searched the area and surrounds numerous times but did not locate the lost man . However on Thursday morning , Ulrich was called in to investigate and reportedly led police straight to Mr Bartlett , locating the lost man by 11am . Fortunately , Mr Bartlett 's condition reportedly had not deteriorate significantly despite his ordeal , according to The Daily Telegraph . The remarkable rescue came just days after an almost identical black German Shepherd saved an elderly man in similar circumstances . Police dog Marco found a dementia patient in an area that had also been scoured by police on the Central Coast - just an hour away from Ulrich 's rescue in Maitland . Police were called to an aged care home at Mardi , on the NSW Central Coast , on Saturday night after a 65-year-old dementia patient was reported missing . The man had failed to return to the Wyong Aged Care Facility after going outside earlier in the day . A NSW Police dog named Marco has saved the life of a 65-year-old dementia patient on the central coast . Officers called at about 9pm searched nearby streets , a train station and the banks of the Wyong River with no success , prompting police to call in the Dog Unit to assist . Officers called at about 9pm searched nearby streets , a train station and the banks of the Wyong River with no success , prompting police to call in the Dog Unit to assist . One police dog - Marco – who was searching near the river repeatedly led his attached officer Senior Constable Patrick Summers to a specific spot on the river 's steep embankment that had previously been searched with no luck . Snr Const Summers searched through the area 's thick foliage and found the man stuck in the water and hidden behind a branch he was clinging onto just before 1am on Sunday . 'Even when I was right on him , I had my torch on him , I still could n't make him out until I began shouting his name and there was a bit of movement and I thought `` wow '' , ' he told the Daily Telegraph . Marco – who was searching near the river - repeatedly led his attached officer Senior Constable Patrick Summers to a specific spot on the river 's steep embankment that had previously been searched with no luck . 'Marco was persistent in leading me there . ' Police said the man was in too much shock to call out , and would not have been able to hold on overnight putting him at risk of hypothermia or drowning . The man was rescued and treated for minor injuries by paramedics on the scene . Police were called to an aged care home at Mardi , on the NSW Central Coast , on Saturday night after a 65-year-old dementia patient was reported missing .
Two incredible NSW Police Police dogs have been conducted in one week . In both circumstances elderly gentlemen were found in areas that had previously been thoroughly searched by police . On Thursday NSW Police Police Dog Ulrich found a stroke victim , aged 86 . The man had been missing for four days , last seen in hospital . NSW Police Police dog , Marco , saved a 65-year-old man 's life on Saturday . The dementia patient went missing from a facility at Mardi , NSW Police . Marco repeatedly led his attached officer to a specific spot on the river 's steep embankment that had previously been searched with no luck . The man was found hidden behind a branch he was clinging onto .