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Item #3 (Advanced Level)

Good Dog

A routine Sunday for Luna, the Belgian Shepard that underwent special
training to work with patients in hospitals. Today she came for a physical
therapy session with Shaul. Norman, the Miniature Schnauzer, is also used
to starting the week with Shaul. “This little guy, who’s just four months old,
has already visited both the oncology ward at Soroka Hospital and the
oncology ward at Sha’arey Zedek Hospital. He has a very busy week,
meeting many populations.” As much as a dog wandering around a hospital
is a strange sight, dozens of certified therapy dogs wander (hospitals) in
Israel these days, in service of medicine. “These days we awaken people’s
paralyzed limbs, we bring back sensation in (their) fingers, legs, (make
them) get up from the chair.” The medical system isn’t having an easy time
adjusting to the idea either. An article published last year by a line of
researchers from the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, United States,
stated that dog therapy is the most effective method of helping patients not
with medication.

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