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Archive Home > 2004 > December > 24 > Pets aid in treating patients

Pets aid in treating patients

Visits from certified therapy dogs are day-brighteners at St. Charles-Bend

By Yoko Minoura / The Bulletin
December 24, 2004

Sitting in a hospital room this week at St. Charles Medical Center-Bend, 64-year-old Jim Schmahl said visitors are a welcome distraction from the heart bypass surgery that loomed two days ahead.

But the Bend resident never expected two of his visitors to be a whippet - a smaller relative of the....

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