ISTANBUL (AP) – A devoted dog spent days waiting outside a hospital in northern Turkey where her sick owner was being treated.
The pet, Boncuk (Bon-DJUK), meaning kraal, followed the ambulance that took its owner, Cemal Senturk, to the hospital in the Black Sea city of Trabzon on January 14. She then made daily visits to the facility, private news agency DHA reported Wednesday.
Senturk’s daughter, Aynur Egeli, said she would take Boncuk home, but the dog would repeatedly run away and return to the hospital.
Hospital guard Muhammet Akdeniz told DHA: “She comes every day around 9am and waits until nightfall. She’s not going in. ”
“When the door opens, she’ll stick her head in,” he said.
On Wednesday, Boncuk was finally reunited with Senturk when he was pushed out in a wheelchair for a brief encounter with his dog.
‘She’s very used to me. And I also miss her constantly, ”he told DHA.
Senturk was later released from hospital on Wednesday and went home with Boncuk.