Jeff Stitt
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“We’re bringing the outback to the eastern suburbs here[in Pittsburgh],” jokes Dr. Dawn Klejka as he watches two nurses hold a baby kangaroo in the courtyard of UPMC McKeesport. Said.
On Wednesday afternoon, staff members (and occasional patients) lined up outside UPMC McKeesport to meet two joeys, Isla, a 9-month-old kangaroo, and another female, as yet unnamed, at 6 months. I met.
Nurses, doctors, aides, radiology staff, building and grounds workers, UPMC police and others were given the opportunity to spend a few minutes cuddling baby Lou in a cloth pouch bag. Since kangaroos are marsupials and Isla and the other joeys are still young, this bag mimics their mother’s kangaroo pouch.
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