Official Opening of the Small Animal Hospital

Today saw the official opening of the UVM / UVLF Kosice Small Animal Hospital.

The building work started back in 2015 and at a cost of nearly €7 million, it has largely been funded by the European Union which has meant it's been a long process to get everything signed off and opened.
It is hoped that animals will travel from Slovakia and neighbouring countries to use the facilities as well as offering a referral service for private vets for patients requiring surgery and hospitalisation.

It includes a 24 hour emergency surgery, orthopedics, ophthalmology, oncology, a dental clinic, physiotherapy, hydrotherapy and a operating rooms. It also has the only incubators for small animals in Slovakia and an area for the preparation of medicines and chemotherapy for cancer patients.

They have several well equipped operating theatres which can be arranged for different procedures and classes as well as having cameras to record surgery or stream them to lecture theatres.

Incubators for small animals

I'm excited to start my small animals staze (rotations) and be able to use all the new equipment in the clinic! There is a compulsory rotation for 5th and 6th year students with final years also covering night shifts.

Storm Doris

Storm Doris hit the UK yesterday and left her mark on our garden.

We lost 6 fence panels, a whole tree came down and the corrugated plastic roof blew off our walk in chicken run. Lots of the glass panels on the greenhouse were smashed too.

Luckily noone was injured and all the animals are fine. I saw on the news a young woman was killed by fallin debris in Wolverhampton and others around the country were badly injured.