Queen urges greater use of medical detection dogs for conditions such as cancer
The Queen has called for greater use of “brilliant” medical detection dogs which can diagnose conditions such as cancer and Covid-19.
Camilla was speaking at a reception at Clarence House on Tuesday to mark the 15th anniversary of the charity Medical Detection Dogs (MDD) of which she has been a patron since 2014.
MDD, co-founded by Dr Claire Guest, has trained more than 200 Medical Alert Assistance and Bio Detection Dogs to detect the faintest traces of odour due to medical conditions.
After a demonstration of the dogs’ detection abilities, Camilla said: “I have been a, in a tiny little shed almost, it was Claire and one or two others, there were a lot of sceptics about.
