New dog brings comfort to trauma patients at medical center

New facility dog brings comfort to trauma department patients at McLane Children’s Medical Center
By
Olivia Levada
Texas
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TEMPLE, Texas — According to Baylor Scott & White, McLane Children’s Medical Center receives 30,000 patients via emergency services per year, and more than 3,000 visits in the outpatient clinic each year. With a recent expansion, those numbers have increased.
Social workers at the hospital have particularly seen an increase in children coming into their trauma department amid the pandemic.
New staff member Gigi the facility dog is here to help lighten their load. Gigi is the new kid on the block at McLane Children’s Medical Center in Temple.

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