Posted by goldenface
US Cat 'Predicts Patient Deaths'
A US cat that is reportedly able to sense when a nursing home's residents are about to die is baffling doctors.
Oscar has a habit of curling up next to patients at the home in Providence, Rhode Island, in their final hours.
According to the author of a study in the New England Journal of Medicine, the two-year-old cat has been observed to be correct in 25 cases so far.
Staff now alert the families of residents when he sits down next to their ailing loved one.
"He doesn't make many mistakes. He seems to understand when patients are about to die," David Dosa, a professor at Brown University who carried out the research, told the Associated Press news agency.
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Posted by JK
Scary although it could be the cat thats killing them...?
Posted by deepsme
On 2007-07-26 15:11:08, 786KBR wrote:
Scary although it could be the cat thats killing them...?
Posted by batesie
the cat reaper
Posted by goldenface
God!
Imagine if you were sat up in a hospital bed doing a crossword and having a cuppa when that beast come up and curled up beside you?
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Posted by batesie
i'd say "ahhh bless"
Posted by Tiny
He's probably scaring the patients to death- the cat sits next to them and they think, "Shit I'm going to die!" Then after that they have a heart attack over the shock and then die.
And all the kitty wanted to do was make friends
Posted by goldenface
@Tiny
LMAO
Posted by $herry
@Tiny: LMAO twice
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I sure wouldnt want such a kitty..but be positive...at least u can mentally prepare urself for death and say ur last good byes and die without regrets...
Posted by goldenface
I can't believe this story has just been featured on Sky News TV.
The kiss of 'kitty death', the presenter said...
Posted by $herry
It was in the news here in Pakistan today morning! this kitty is a celeb!