Volunteer Now: Pet Therapy Program at Huntington Hospital Finds Success Using Dogs to Aid Patients
Whittier Daily News › March 27, 2011
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Huntington Hospital became the second hospital in the country to institute a Pet Assisted Therapy (P.A.T.) program 24 years ago.
Priscilla Gamb proposed the idea, the administration agreed tentatively to try out the idea, just in the Rehab Department. The first dogs were trained, bathed, and they, and their handlers, started their visits.See the full content of this document
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Volunteer Now: Pet Therapy Program at Huntington Hospital Finds Success Using Dogs to Aid Patients
Gamb is still with the program. There are many teams now and all the dogs must be certified by Delta Pet P...
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