Nine veterinary hospitals get equipment worth Rs 25.83 lakh in Dakshina Kannada

Mangaluru: Nine veterinary hospitals in Dakshina Kannada district have received sophisticated surgical instruments thanks to the CSR funds from the MRPL.

Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services Deputy Director Dr Arun Kumar Shetty said that equipment worth Rs 25.83 lakh has been given to veterinary hospitals in the district.

The hospitals have received electrically operated hydraulic table, shadowless lamps, operation table, electrocautery, autoclave , dressing trolley and surgical instrument.

He said the operation theatre rooms at veterinary hospitals in Mulki, Kinnigoli, Moodbidri, Surathkal, Bajpe, Bantwal, Belthangady, Kadaba and Kotekar were constructed under funds from taluk panchayats. Now, the MRPL has given equipment for these hospitals. The state of the art facilities in these hospitals will benefit surgery of domestic animals, which in turn will benefit farmers.

“All these years, surgical facilities were available only at the polyclinic in district headquarters in Mangaluru. Now, the facilities are available in taluk hospitals, which in turn will benefit farmers,” said Dr Arun.

The surgical instruments were handed over to the Zilla Panchayat CEO Dr Anandh K by MRPL CSR Head Prashanth Baliga at the veterinary hospital in Surathkal.

The animal husbandry department in 2022-23 had received a cattle lifting machine at a cost of Rs six lakh under CSR of MCF. The Canara bank had given 20 jar of liquid oxygen at a cost of Rs two lakh and SKDRDP had given 45 jar of liquid oxygen at a cost of Rs four lakh during 2023-24.