Hospital on wheels for pets arrives - Newindpress.com:

"Hospital on wheels for pets arrives"

Saturday November 1 2003 12:54 IST KOCHI:

Now your cute poodle would no longer have to stand trembling for hours close to ferocious Rottweilers and snarling Dobermans while awaiting its turn at the only veterinary hospital in a city locality. From on Saturday onwards, the hospital will come to the side of your pet. Offering a wide range of services from immunisation to emergency surgeries, ‘Ananthapuri Mobile Pet Animal Hospital’, Kochi’s first hospital on wheels for pets, will start operations on Saturday. The hospital, second of its kind in the State, is set in a Maruti van and all pets — cats, dogs and birds of all breeds — will be taken care of, said Dr P R Vinod Kumar, chief surgeon and consultant of the hospital. ‘‘All the owner of the animal has to do is to call us, give us the details and the way to his residence. He won’t even have to go out for buying the necessary medicines. We keep a well-stocked hospital,’’ says Dr Vinod, who is a former veterinary doctor in the government service."