The staff discovered that the patient's cat had difficulty urinating and urged the owner to take it to a veterinarian who diagnosed a urinary tract infection.
However, the owner had difficulty giving the cat the medicine that was prescribed, according to staff.
The County Administrative Board inspected the man who had to show that he managed to give the cat medicine and the authority will do a re-inspection of the cat.
Changed privacy rules
In 2019, the confidentiality regulations were changed so that staff now have the right to make a so-called lex Maja report of suspected neglect of animals in people they care for.
Lex Maja is named after a cat that was neglected to death when housing staff were not allowed to report the neglect due to confidentiality regulations.