A specialist police marine unit has been drafted in during a search for a woman who vanished from a Glasgow hospital more than a week ago.
Concerns are continuing to grow over the welfare of Karen Murphy, who went missing from Gartnavel Hospital on Great Western Road on Monday, January 13.
She was later spotted leaving Renton train station near Dumbarton around an hour later.
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Officers say she has not been seen or in contact with anyone since.
Karen is described as around 5ft4inches with grey/blond hair.
When last seen she was wearing a khaki parka-style jacket with a fur hood and black trousers.
She has previous connections to Dumbarton and West Dunbartonshire, as well as the Glasgow city centre area.
Sergeant Colin MacMillan at Clydebank Police Station said: “Officers are currently carrying out door to door enquires and using specialist units such as the Marine Unit to search for any new information that could help trace Karen.
"I would ask members of the public who were using the roads in and around Renton on Monday, 13 January to check their vehicle dashcam footage for possible sightings."
Anyone who has seen Karen since Monday, January 13 or knows of her whereabouts are urged to contact police immediately via 101, quoting incident number 0058 of January 13.
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