Metal Head
26th July 2007, 03:30 PM
When people talk about deadly cats, I automatically think of Panthers, Lions, Geelong:doh::D etc but not not a small feline. Gee get that cat off the bed nurse, or he be the death of me:oo:.
Read on:-
DEATH could come in a furrier form than most people imagine. A hospice cat at a nursing and rehabilitation centre in the US has a talent for sensing when patients are going to die – and curls up beside them for their final few hours. Oscar the cat's inside knowledge is so reliable, workers have begun alerting patients' families when he chooses to settle on their bed, the Associated Press reported today.
"Many family members take some solace in it," Dr David Dosa of Brown University told the news agency. "They seem to appreciate the companionship that the cat provides for their dying loved one". Dr Dosa wrote an essay on Oscar's macabre talents – observed in up to 25 cases at a Rhode Island nursing home – in the New England Journal of Medicine.
The 2-year-old feline, who was adopted as a kitten, has even received a wall plaque commending his "compassionate hospice care", AP reported. When Oscar chooses a patient, it usually means they have only a few hours to live.
Read on:-
DEATH could come in a furrier form than most people imagine. A hospice cat at a nursing and rehabilitation centre in the US has a talent for sensing when patients are going to die – and curls up beside them for their final few hours. Oscar the cat's inside knowledge is so reliable, workers have begun alerting patients' families when he chooses to settle on their bed, the Associated Press reported today.
"Many family members take some solace in it," Dr David Dosa of Brown University told the news agency. "They seem to appreciate the companionship that the cat provides for their dying loved one". Dr Dosa wrote an essay on Oscar's macabre talents – observed in up to 25 cases at a Rhode Island nursing home – in the New England Journal of Medicine.
The 2-year-old feline, who was adopted as a kitten, has even received a wall plaque commending his "compassionate hospice care", AP reported. When Oscar chooses a patient, it usually means they have only a few hours to live.