ISTANBUL (AP) – A dedicated dog spent days waiting outside a hospital in northern Turkey, where its ailing owner was being treated.
The pet, Boncuk, 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 14 January. She then made daily visits to the facility, the 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.
The hospital security guard, Muhammet Akdeniz, told DHA: “She comes every day around 9 am and waits until nightfall. It does not enter. “
“When the door opens, it pokes its head in,” he said.
Cemal Senturk, owner of Boncuk, outside a health care center in the city of Trabzon, on the Black Sea, Turkey, Wednesday, January 20, 2021. (DHA via AP)AP
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.