Regional One’s newest volunteer helps patients through ruff days
Erica McClinton, right, shakes hands with Otis Chatham, a two-year-old Bernese Mountain Dog, while recovering from a car accident at Regional One Health. Otis is specially trained to help patients undergoing physical therapy at Regional One Health and other hospitals. (Brad Vest/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Otis, a highly-trained Bernese Mountain dog, delights staff and patients alike as he makes his rounds at the hospital.
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Aisling Mäki
Aisling Mäki covers health care, banking and finance, technology and professions. After launching her career in news two decades ago, she worked in public relations for almost a decade before returning to journalism in 2022.
As a health care reporter, she’s collaborated with The Carter Center, earned awards from the Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalists and won a 2024 Tennessee Press Association first-place prize for her series on discrepancies in Shelby County life expectancy by ZIP code.
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