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Spacious waiting areas, separate for dogs and cats, also featuring
an outside visiting and waiting area. |
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custom designed consulting rooms where your pet can be examined
in privacy and safety. All contact surfaces are made of hygienic
cleanable materials and the tables are cleaned after each consultation. |
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central laboratory is accessible from all four consultation rooms
and features a powerful microscope (for blood smears, skin scrapes,
cytology, faecal and urine exams), Centrifuges (urine and haematocrit)
and an in house IDEXX lab (full blood counts, blood chemistry,
electrolytes and blood gases). This allows rapid and accurate
diagnoses to be made at any time of the day or night. |
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pharmacy is directly opposite the laboratory area and stocks a
comprehensive range of medicines and products used for the treatment
of hospital and out-patients. |
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hospital section is fronted by an open plan treatment area flanked
by a high care ward on one side and the operating theatre on
the other. These areas are adjacent to the dental suite, radiology
and special procedure suites, allowing all hospital facilities
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specifically, the high care ward has been structured so as to
allow constant surveillance and care for the patients. Special
facilities include oxygen points, a full oxygen “tent”,
blood pressure monitoring, blood oxygen level monitoring(SP02),
ECG monitoring, ventilator, heated beds and vacuum points for
chest drainage etc. |
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operating theatre is purpose built and incorporates design principles
used in human theatres, allowing for strict asepsis (sterility)
to be maintained. Operations routinely performed in this facility
include orthopedic procedures, cancer surgery, open chest surgery
(thoracotomy), spay/neuter, abdominal surgery (liver/spleen/bladder/intestines/kidneys)
and skin wound treatments. All patients (even spay/neuters) are
monitored during anesthesia by a qualified nurse, using respiratory
rate, blood pressure, pulse oximetry and heart rate as guiding
parameters.
This information is central to ensuring safe anesthesia during
surgery and allows procedures to be performed on patients ranging
from neonates to geriatrics (the youngest patient operated on
thus far was 1 hour old, and the oldest was 21 years!). |
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dental suite features a custom made table allowing your pet to
lie comfortably during the procedure and the veterinarian to work
effectively. Due to the nature of the procedure, all pets are
anaesthetized during dental cleaning and other dental work, ensuring
the safety of the pet and vet! The level of anaesthesia required
is relatively shallow and very safe. Any pets considered to be
in their senior years are advised to undergo pre-anesthetic blood
tests which provide valuable information regarding their liver/kidney
and heart function. These are routinely run in our hospital laboratory,
and are available to any pet requiring anesthesia. Dental prophylaxis
(ultrasonic scaling and polishing of teeth) has become an important
health maintenance requirement for cats and dogs considering the
ripe old ages they now frequently achieve. |
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special procedures room houses our ultrasound machine, endoscopic
equipment (rigid and flexible), ECG and digital x-ray machine.
These high tech diagnostic modalities allows Valley farm Animal
Hospital to deliver an almost “one-stop” diagnostic
and treatment service. We have developed strong relationships
with Specialist referral practices allowing the appropriate treatment
of specific diseases e.g. ophthalmic surgery and cancer radiation
therapy. |
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Hospital boasts separate wards for cat and dog patients, both
of which are climate controlled and odor reduced using ozone machines.
All wards have glass paneled doors to allow easy visualization
of the patients. Our isolation ward is available for potentially
infectious patients and features a negative pressure environment
with external air exhaust to reduce contamination of the rest
of the hospital. |
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