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Why Are Dogs In Hospitals A “Disaster Waiting To Happen”

Submitted by Sean O'Meara on November 2, 2006 – 6:50 am2 Comments

Suffolk’s Ipswich hospital, which £24 million in debt, is set to become the first NHS  hospital to open its doors to animals in order to raise funds. The plans for dogs and cats to receive cancer treatment on weekends have been criticised however, and brander as a “hygiene disaster waiting to happen”.

The hospital expected to generate £50,000 a year from from weekend treatment for cats and dogs suffering from cancer, which could go towards employing two more nurses, but the Patient’s Association have deemed the plan to be “desperate”.

 

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  • aviann says:

    About time! Cancer in dogs will be greatly helped and most serious camine illness is not a problem for humans. A dog that has reached this level of medical assistance will have had more tests to determine their health than humans in the same situation. Looking forward to seeing this in US and Canadian hospitals.

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  • Angela Cairns says:

    I think this is a very good idea. Not only to raise desperately needed funds for the hospital but also to help pets and their owners.
    As long as everything is cleaned up afterwards, i cannot see this as being a problem.
    After all, how often do we hear that dog or cat owners have beome ill because of their pets! I have never heard of anything, apart from Asthma but it is not the animal that causes this.
    i have been a dog owner for many years and so have millions of other people, my dogs live in the house with me, sleep with me and we all eat in the same kitchen, but i am fit and healthy and have normal blood pressure!!
    i hope this does take off, a lot of people will benefit from this: sick people in the hospital, the anilmals who are ill and of course the owners who love their pets and want the best!!

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