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Doctors at the Madras Veterinary College, Chennai, explain eye test procedures to the Vice- Chancellor of TANUVAS, N. Balaraman in Chennai on Wednesday. — Photo: V. Ganesan
CHENNAI, NOV. 24. The Madras Veterinary College has started an eye surgery theatre exclusively for dogs and cats. The theatre is equipped with the latest facilities for microsurgery, doctors at the hospital said. The ophthalmic unit of the hospital, functioning for the past two years, has been attending to at least 150 cases a month, about 50 per cent of them requiring surgery. Most of the pets with cataract brought to the hospital were Spitz dogs, an indicator of the population of the breed in the city, the doctors said. The new theatre has an operating microscope for illumination and magnification, a gas anaesthetic and coagulants at the theatre costing about Rs. 40 lakhs. Besides intraocular lens implant, surgical correction of corneal ulcers, glaucoma and several other operations on pets are also conducted at the centre. Inaugurating the facility on Wednesday, the Vice-Chancellor of the Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (TANUVAS), N. Balaraman, said the hospital was the first in the country to offer standardised cataract surgery and intraocular lens implants for pets. Each surgery, including medication and other inputs, costs Rs. 1,500 to Rs. 2,000. In the next five years, the hospital plans to provide subsidised eye care for over 4,000 small animals.
Referral centre
The centre at the Veterinary College in Vepery will be treated as a referral centre and surgical facilities would be extended to all the district centres in phases. "If we send our surgeons to the districts instead of bringing the animals here, we can save a lot of money," Prof. Balaraman said. "We can also collect valuable data and conduct epidemiological studies."
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