Reaching a little far for a new revenue stream:
A hospital in Suffolk has been criticised for a fundraising plan to offer radiotherapy to family pets.Ipswich Hospital proposes using equipment unused at weekends to treat pets with cancer in Saturday clinics.
The hospital aims to raise £50,000 a year from the idea to help pay off debts of more than £24m.
The Patients Association condemned it as “horrifying” but the hospital said no patients would be disadvantaged and there would be no infection risk.
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I fail to see what is so horrifying about it. There’s a fair body of evidence showing that animal companionship is beneficial to human health.
If people are willing to pay for radiation therapy for their pets and the hospital has the proper equipment to meet the demand, everyone should be a winner here.
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