Therapy Dogs provide comfort at Phoenix Children’s Hospital

July 17, 2018
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In 1976, registered nurse Elaine Smith started a therapy dog program that now provides care and comfort to those in the hospital. We’ll take you to Phoenix Children’s Hospital, where the dogs come and visit patients every day.

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