Loyal dog spent days outside the hospital in Turkey waiting for the owner

ISTANBUL, Turkey – A dedicated dog spent days waiting outside a hospital in northern Turkey, where its ailing owner was being treated.

The pet, Boncuk (Bon-DJUK), which means bead, followed the ambulance that transported its owner, Cemal Senturk, to the hospital in the town of Trabzon, on the Black Sea, on January 14. She then made daily visits to the premises, private news agency DHA reported on Wednesday.

Senturk’s daughter, Aynur Egeli, said she would take Boncuk home, but the dog would run several times and return to the hospital.

Hospital security guard Muhammet Akdeniz told DHA: “She comes every day around 9 am and waits until dusk. She doesn’t come in.”

“When the door opens, she pokes her head in,” he said.

On Wednesday, Boncuk finally met with Senturk when he was pushed out in a wheelchair for a brief encounter with his dog.

“She is very used to me. And I also miss her constantly,” he told DHA.

Senturk was discharged from the hospital on Wednesday and returned home with Boncuk.