Therapy Dogs To Help Patients At New UC Irvine Hospital

CBS LA, CBS Los Angeles

December 5, 2025

A pack of therapy dogs is ready to make their rounds at a new UC Irvine hospital.

Healthcare staff welcomed the paw patrol, which includes P-Nut, Pixel, MEG and their owners, to the facility, which will open to the public next week. Their mission is to comfort sick patients.

"You can see almost instantly that they feel more back to their normal life. They can put their medical issues that they came in from the emergency room temporarily behind them," charge nurse Ronny Ao said.

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