TURTELY AWESOME: Critically Endangered Sea Turtle Becomes First Animal At US Hospital To Get A CT Scan

Turtle named Kale receives a CT scan at Decatur Morgan Hospital in Alabama, undated. The CT scan is the best tool to assess the improvement of Kale’s deep infections of his shell. Note: Licenced photo. (Cook Museum of Natural Science/Newsflash) Turtle named Kale receives a CT scan at Decatur Morgan Hospital in Alabama, undated. The CT scan is the best tool to assess the improvement of Kale’s deep infections of his shell. Note: Licenced photo. (Cook Museum of Natural Science/Newsflash)
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24 July 2023
A critically endangered sea turtle in the USA has become a hospital's first animal patient after it got an x-ray scan. The Kemp's ridley sea turtle - named Kale - made headlines when it recently underwent a CT scan as part of an ongoing medical treatment at the Decatur Morgan Hospital, in...