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New South Wales Families, Communities and Disability Services Minister Gareth Ward had to be escorted home by police last night after being found naked outside his Potts Point apartment in Sydney's inner east.
- The minister said he had been under general anaesthetic after a hospital procedure
- Police were called to a Potts Point unit block late on Wednesday night
- No further police action is expected
Police said they were called to the unit around 11:30pm in response to a call that a naked man was trying to get into an apartment that wasn't his own.
When police arrived Mr Ward was standing in the doorway of another unit, which they determined was his residence and escorted him inside.
Police said Mr Ward, the member for Kiama, "appeared to be disorientated" and called paramedics, but he refused to be taken to hospital.
The Minister has issued a statement saying he was "disorientated" because earlier that day he had been under a "general anaesthetic for a procedure" in hospital.
Police had to return again an hour later after reports the 38-year-old was walking around a common area in his underpants.
They again escorted him home, and he refused medical treatment.
Police said "given the man's state of confusion during the evening", officers paid him a visit again on Thursday to discuss the incidents and advised him see his GP.
In Mr Ward's statement thanked emergency services for "returning me to my residence safely".
No further police action is expected.
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