Police search for missing man who'd just been released from Columbia hospital According to police, he had a medical episode and had to be taken to the hospital for treatment. Author: WLTX Updated: 6:29 PM EDT August 2, 2021 COLUMBIA, S.C. — Columbia police are searching for a man who they say went missing shortly after he left the hospital. Officers say 62-year-old Ronald Campbell had come to Columbia from Augusta on July 27. According to police, he had a medical episode and had to be taken to the hospital for treatment. Police say he was released from the hospital the next day, but his relatives say his family became worried when they couldn't make contact with him.