Mistaken Identity?

A friend told me this great story that came from the Associated Press about the visitation policy at Wilcox Memorial Hospital on Kauai, Hawaii.

It seems that a man visiting his relative in the hospital on that island thought that he would bring the relative's horse along to cheer him up. It turns out that the hospital does permit pets to visit patients in the hospital.

So he brought the horse to the hospital, put him on the elevator and made it up to the third floor before they were stopped by hospital personnel. According to the AP, "Security managed to get the man and the horse out of the hospital with just a few scruff marks."

It turns out that the hospital pet policy applies only to cats and dogs. "On Kauai, we have a very warm inviting atmosphere at Wilcox," said hospital spokesperson, Lani Yukimura. "We just hope people understand this is not a place for a horse."

Just to add insult to injury, when the man brought the patient out to see the horse, presumably on the hospital grounds, he told the hospital staff, "That's not my horse."

What's that they say about never looking a gift horse in the mouth?