Should cats be allowed in hospital wards?
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If you are talking about the cat that sits with ill patients then yes this cat should, the cat in the headlines is not on a proper hospital ward but in a care home (hospice) this cat is a resident and gives the people at this hospice a pet to love in their last weeks or months of life.
No - they go around killing very ill people and then people think they're psychic or something!
What for? Cheap cleaners. Can we stoop that low, that a cat lick will do?
regarding the story of ascar,
no i do not what is it germ wise carrying onto that ward
Absolutely! It's proven that pets can help sooth and heal ill people and offer them comfort. When my sister was in the hospital they allowed pets as long as a vet approved his health and his shots were current. It was the best day for her to get to see her cat. She was in long term care for a while too and every so often a person who ran a petting zoo would bring in small animals for the people to enjoy and it really lifted their spirits.
NO I love kitties, but they carry allergies and toxoplasmosis and cytoplasmosois. Birds are the same. That is why pregnant women should not clean cat poop boxes
Yes, especially if they are ill.
In general, cats are more deserving than humans.
My son who is extremely critically ill was in a rehabilitation center once after a surgery, and they brought in therapy dogs to the children's rehabilitation center. They put the dogs in a meeting room and brought the children who were not allergic and who were healthy enough to see the dogs into the meeting room, so this was contained in order to protect the allergic kids. But you should have seen those children's faces light up! And the children, who were mostly very very injured (usually paralyzed), would try to reach out their hands to pet the dog, or sit up a little better to see the dog, and the physical therapists were able to get the kids actually engaged in theraputic movement. It takes muscles to throw a ball for a dog. Coordination. Movement. The physical therapists had kids who were mostly combative and defiant in the therapy exercise room suddenly become cooperative and want to try their best to participate. The dogs were a huge huge motivation for the kids. I don't see why a cat couldn't be similar.
Therapy dogs are very clean, their handlers shampoo them before visiting and keep them vaccinated and stuff. If nothing else they brought some really big big smiles to handicapped children's faces. I think a cat could do the same. I do believe there are therapeutic benefits to animals. I think there are even studies showing being with a pet lowers your blood pressure.
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no way they could take germs into the wards not to mention fleas
Greetings..the answer is cat should NOT allowed in hospital wards.based on health protoccol there shouldn't be any contaminator such cats are allowed in hospital wards although it is your pet because it could cause major problems if cats is allowed in hospital wards...
no definitly not. there may be people who have lowered immune systems or who are allergic
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