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AP News Sun Mar 23, 2:07 AM ET LIHUE, Hawaii
A man hoping to cheer up an ailing relative at Wilcox Memorial Hospital hadn't considered one of the visitation rules: No horses allowed.
The man thought the patient would enjoy seeing his stallion, said Lani Yukimura, a spokeswoman at the hospital. He and the horse entered the hospital earlier this month and rode an elevator up to the third floor, where they were met and stopped by security personnel, Security managed to get the man and the horse out of the hospital, with "just a few scuff marks," she said.
The hospital has a pet visitation policy, but it's for dogs and cats, not horses.
"On Kauai, we have a very warm inviting atmosphere at Wilcox," Yukimura said. "We just hope people understand this is not a place for a horse."
The man's good intentions were further dashed when his relative was brought out to see the horse.
"That's not my horse," the patient said to hospital staff.
A man hoping to cheer up an ailing relative at Wilcox Memorial Hospital hadn't considered one of the visitation rules: No horses allowed.
The man thought the patient would enjoy seeing his stallion, said Lani Yukimura, a spokeswoman at the hospital. He and the horse entered the hospital earlier this month and rode an elevator up to the third floor, where they were met and stopped by security personnel, Security managed to get the man and the horse out of the hospital, with "just a few scuff marks," she said.
The hospital has a pet visitation policy, but it's for dogs and cats, not horses.
"On Kauai, we have a very warm inviting atmosphere at Wilcox," Yukimura said. "We just hope people understand this is not a place for a horse."
The man's good intentions were further dashed when his relative was brought out to see the horse.
"That's not my horse," the patient said to hospital staff.
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Comment by Canadian Starz on March 23, 2008 at 1:52pm
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LOL......Have taken our NF Mare in harness through the Tim Hortons Coffee Drive thru. She also did a Demo downtown, and was invited in by the local Co-op store to go into their store to pick up a bag of horse cookies from the Head Cashiers desk.(She came out riderless.....as they donated a bag of Horse Crunch, and it was tied onto her saddle for transport.)
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