A faithful dog waited outside a hospital in Turkey for almost a week until its owner was released after being treated for a brain disease.
The devoted dog, called Boncuk, followed the ambulance that took Cemal Senturk, 68, to the hospital in the town of Trabzon, on the Black Sea, on January 14, the DHA news agency reported.
Bonuck – whose name means “beads”, in reference to her brown eyes – then returned each morning to the entrance to continue her solitary vigil, where the hospital staff sometimes fed her.
“It poses no danger to anyone. Everyone noticed the relationship between the dog and its owner. It makes everyone happy, ”said the hospital’s representative, Fuat Ugur, according to Reuters.
Security guard Muhammet Akdeniz told DHA: “She comes every day around 9am and waits until nightfall. It does not enter. When the door opens, she pokes her head inside.
Senturk’s daughter, Aynur Egeli, said she tried to take Boncuk home several times, but the dog was running back to the hospital.
When Senturk was finally released on Wednesday, a very happy Boncuk ran alongside her wheelchair, jumping to be petted and wagging her tail.
“It makes a person very happy. The dog is very close to us, like a human being, and that makes you happy, ”said Senturk.
“She is very used to me. And I miss her too, constantly, ”he added.
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