The Juravinski hospital in Hamilton, Ontario is working with a small organization called Zachary’s Paws for Healing, dedicated to bringing these loving and beloved family members right into the hospital to comfort patients when they need it most. The procedures developed by the hospital along with the organization ensure the very little risk of the animals bringing in any potential contagions, and you can tell by looking that these animals need these visits as much as the patients do.
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