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| On December 17, while I was in Kolkata, India on a trip, my friend Antonia brought me with her to the Worldwide Veterinary Service location in the city. She had already volunteered with them for a few weeks earlier in the trip (she's a veterinarian), and was going back for one last day of surgery. I've been a vet tech in the past, but they had that part pretty well covered by their staff, so I took some photos instead. At certain points in the day, they had 4 surgeries going on simultaneously. It was quite an experience! |
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| They have a surgery...tank. It's huge! This day, however, all but one of the surgeries were performed in another location, inside the building. |
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| The dogs are shaved/prepped with a straight blade. These guys have got steady hands. |
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| Antonia examining a dog that needs his eye removed. |
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| Waking up from surgery. |
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| Antonia is scrubbed in and ready. One of the techs is putting her "risers" in place. The table height is fixed...so the best they can do is maker her taller. :) |
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| Records for each surgery are meticulously maintained. |
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| Each dog that's spayed gets a notch in her ear, so that future veterinarians will know that she's all set. |
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| Watching the IV drip. |
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| Monitoring heart rate and breathing. |
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| Waking dogs are placed on the floor and observed. As they wake up, they are transferred to cages and then the next day are brought back to their neighborhoods and released. |
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| There's a lot of surgical instruments to clean... |
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| The medical tank has a large TV screen so people outside can watch what's going on...inside. Interesting. |
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