Animal Lovers Alert: South India’s biggest veterinary hospital opens at Shamshabad
The state-of-the-art veterinary hospital shelters 6,000 cows.
By Newsmeter Network Published on 8 July 2024 11:21 AM GMT
Hyderabad: Animal lovers in Hyderabad have a reason to rejoice in the good health of their pets as Maa Saraswathi – one of the biggest veterinary hospitals in India and South India’s biggest veterinary hospital – has opened in Shamshabad.
It was built at the cost of Rs 3 crores from donations given by philanthropists and animal lovers at Satya Shivam Sundaram Gau Seva Kendra in Burujgadda, Peddashapur Thanda near Shamshabad.
Maa Saraswathi Veterinary Hospital is -self-contained and equipped with modern diagnostics, an X-ray machine, an endoscope, a blood-insulin analyser and many other such facilities.
Specialised doctors available
The hospital is spread over a 5,100 sqft area with an ambulance, operation theatre, intensive care unit, a host of diagnostic facilities, a medical dispensary, five veterinary doctors, five assistants, and five para medical staff with specialised doctors and surgeons.
It was inaugurated on Sunday by Ruhi and Mehr, the grandchildren of Dharamraj Ranka, the 85-year-old man behind the hospital, on behalf of donors and their family members.
The hospital can take care of 6,000 cows
Dr Nishita Ranka, a dermatologist and granddaughter of Dharamraj Ranka, said that the facility is equipped to do up to 10 surgeries a day as well as handling 100 animals a day. According to her, as per the initial estimates, it is expected to perform 3,000 surgeries a year and treat about 36,000 animals per annum in OPD.
The state-of-the-art veterinary hospital will not only take care of 6,000 cows sheltered at Satya Shivam Sundaram Gau Shala, Gaganpahad; 2,800 cows at Satya Shivam Sundaram Gau Seva Kendra at Burujugadda but would also serve animals such as sheep, goats and dogs of surrounding areas.
The Maa Saraswathi Veterinary Hospital is a long-felt dream of 85-year-old Dharam Raj Ranka, a city’s retired jeweller who has been on the mission of saving cows for the past 30 years.
Dharam Raj Ranka has been fighting for the rights of cows since 1991. The state-of-the-art veterinary hospital for animals has been Rankaji’s lifetime dream which is fulfilled now.
