The hospital’s services to the public around Mahikeng include pet vaccination and sterilisation programmes, X-ray and blood-testing facilities and farm animal medicine and surgery consults, says Prof Mulunda Mwanza.

 

Mulunda is the head of the NWU Dale Beighle Centre for Animal Health Studies in which the animal health hospital is located. (The centre is a teaching facility where degree and diploma students gain practical skills in veterinary medicine).

 

In addition to the broad spectrum of medical services offered to animal owners, many from indigent communities, the animal hospital teams up with partners such as the local SPCA in carrying out low-cost primary animal health care such as vaccinations and deworming of animals in communities around Mahikeng.

 

Mulunda says the hospital's 10 veterinarians and 15 animal health technicians are all qualified and dedicated to making all medical consults as comfortable as possible.

 

“The level of knowledge and experience within this team, coupled with excellent equipment and facilities, ensures you will receive top-class service and care,” he adds.

 

To assist communities in outlying areas, the clinic has an ambulance equipped with state-of-the-art technologies, enabling the veterinary team to perform minor surgeries on patients in need of emergency treatment.