When Franco the Great Dane comes to St. Agnes Medical Center, he makes sure to don his Batman cape.
“I always tell people he’s Batman at work, but he’s Darth Vader at home,” said Gina Paul, Franco’s handler and a volunteer with the Heavenly Hounds Program. “He’s very active. He loves a ball. He thinks he’s a bird dog. He loves to look out the windows, looking for pigeons on the ledge.”
When the cape is on and the badge is clipped, Franco is ready to get to work, bringing smiles on the faces of both patients and hospital workers…