“The entire health team was moved.”
The other day, while working at a hospital in Brazil, Dr. Igor Paiva Dias and his colleagues witnessed loyalty and love in its purest form.
It beamed from the heart of this very good dog named Mandraque.
After Mandraque’s owner, a man who lives in the region, fell ill with an infection, an ambulance was dispatched to their home to transport him to the hospital. Mandraque was there and watched as paramedics loaded his owner into the vehicle — but he refused to leave his side.
When the ambulance pulled away, Mandraque faithfully followed.
Mandraque was still in tow when the ambulance arrived at the hospital. As his owner was wheeled inside, the dog settled down by the door just outside.
But Mandraque didn’t have to wait for his owner for long.