A loyal dog spent days out of the hospital in Turkey waiting for the owner

ISTANBUL, Turkey: A devout dog has spent days waiting outside a hospital in northern Turkey where his sick owner was receiving treatment.

The pet, Boncuk (Bon-DJUK), meaning pearl, followed the ambulance that transported its owner, Cemal Senturk, to Trabzon City Hospital on the Black Sea on January 14th. He then made daily visits to the facility, private news reported on Wednesday by the DHA agency.

Senturk’s daughter, Aynur Egeli, said she would take Boncuk home, but the dog would run away repeatedly and return to the hospital.

Hospital security guard Muhammet Akdeniz told DHA, “He comes every day around nine in the morning and waits until night. He doesn’t come in.”

“When you open the door, you put your head inside,” he said.

On Wednesday, Boncuk finally reunited with Senturk when he was pushed out in a wheelchair for a brief meeting with his dog.

“She’s very used to me. And I also miss her constantly,” she told DHA.

Senturk was discharged later Wednesday and returned home with Boncuk.