Toronto police say two robbers stole $7,000 worth of jewelry from an unconscious elderly woman just moments before she died at a Toronto hospital.

According to police, two men entered the Toronto East General Hospital on Tuesday around 8 p.m. and began going floor to floor.

Det. Const. Nora Blackmore said the robbers then made off with the jewelry of the woman in her 70s who was in the palliative care unit.

Police say the family had just left the woman’s bedside vigil to get some coffee when the robbers struck. They alerted the police when the family returned and noticed some misplaced items.

By the time the police arrived around 8:45 p.m., the victim had died.

“The family is obviously very upset,” Blackmore said. “But no one was physically hurt during this incident.”

Hospital spokesperson Penny Walcott said it is not believed the men stole from other patients on Tuesday.

"To the best of my knowledge, there were no others," Walcott said on Wednesday night.

The hospital has security cameras at all entrances and exits, meaning police have video of possible suspects, she said.

“I can’t speak to the hospital security, but we are releasing these security images in the hopes that someone will recognize them,” Blackmore said.

The suspects are described as white, between 20 and 30 years of age. One male has short dark brown hair and was wearing blue jeans, a leather jacket, white running shoes and a black-and-white striped shirt.

The other man had a shaved head and was seen wearing a fedora-style hat and a dark jacket.

Police are also urging any other potential victims to come forward.

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Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-5400, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477), online at www.222tips.com, or text TOR and the message to CRIMES (274637).

With files from Peter Edwards