A New Hospital Allows Emotional Support Dogs To Visit New Mothers After Childbirth.

Some New York hospitals are helping their patients by letting dogs accompany them through a life-changing event. According to Northwell Health, the biggest health system in New York, a pregnant patient’s emotional support dog may accompany her to the postpartum unit for comfort. Lisa Schavrein, an OBGYN nurse navigator at Northwell’s Lenox Hill Hospital in…

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