Good on the dispatcher and officers for helping!
I’ve some questions though,
who took him home?
why they didn’t stop by the market first, on the way to his house? Or alert a friend or neighbor about the food situation?
if he can’t get out and about, does he have a neighbor who can help?
The oncologist and the hospital would both have social workers. I wonder if he didn’t speak up? I was in this situation when I first had surgery, 8 months ago. I actually had cans of food, but was too bad off to get to them. I went hungry for a week or so, but I was able to at least get cereal after a week.
During this time, I had home nursing care coming every other day.