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The Ottawa Police Service is seeking public assistance in locating a missing 82-year-old woman by the name of Nelliya Karbisheva.

Karbisheva, who has dementia, was last seen around 10:30 p.m. Sunday, leaving the Queensway Carleton Hospital on foot, walking toward Baseline Road.

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The hospital is about 10 kilometres from Stittsville, where she lives.

According to Cara Salci, a spokeswoman for the hospital, Karbisheva was not a patient at the hospital. She was there for reasons other than treatment. Hospital staff are working with Ottawa police to help provide any information they can about the visitor, including providing security footage of her while she was at the hospital. Salci also said an email has been circulated to hospital staff, alerting them to be on the lookout in case Karbisheva returns at some point.

She was also seen in the 300 block of Horseshoe Crescent in Stittsville around noon Sunday. Police say she was walking a white poodle at the time she went missing.

Karbisheva, who speaks only Russian, is described as white, five-feet-two-inches tall with a medium build and short salt-and-pepper hair. She was last seen wearing brown shorts and a rose or pink hat and blue jacket.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Ottawa police missing person section at 613-236-1222, ext. 3726 or the duty patrol staff sergeant’s desk at 613-236-1222, ext. 2912.