Cannes - Romeria Screening JD

Cannes - Romeria Screening JD

Olimpia Pont-Cháfer, Alberto Gracia, Sara Casasnovas, Marina Troncoso, Llúcia Garcia, Carla Simón, Mitch Martín, María Zamora, José Ángel Egido, Tristán Ulloa, Miryam Gallego and Àngels Masclans during the Romeria red carpet at the 78th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 21, 2025 in Cannes, France. Photo by Jerome Domine/ABACAPRESS.COM

Spanish hospital introduces dogs in ICUs to improve patients' emotional well-being

STORY: Spanish hospital introduces dogs in ICUs to improve patients' emotional well-being SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 13, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:20 LOCATION: BARCELONA, Spain CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of medical professionals with therapy dogs at the Hospital del Mar 2. various of the therapy process with dogs 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Catalan): ISABEL BUIL, Director of the Affinity Foundation 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Catalan): JOAN RAMON MASCLANS, Head of the intensive care service at Hospital del Mar STORYLINE: A project to improve the emotional well-being of patients by introducing therapy dogs into intensive care units (ICU) has been launched at Hospital del Mar in the Spanish city of Barcelona. The joint project between the hospital's intensive care service and the Affinity Foundation, a non-profit that promotes the benefits of pets, is the first of its kind in Spain and uses dogs that were abandoned and retrained as therapy dogs. SOUNDBITE 1 (Catalan): ISABEL BUIL, Director of the Affinity Fou