Cameron Veterinary Hospital opened on April 21st 1999.

The most exciting part of building the new hospital was setting up all the new equipment that will make treating our patients easier and their stays more pleasant. In the examination rooms, floors are non-slip, and tables are non-cold, i.e. laminate not stainless steel. The lighting is full-spectrum, making examination more accurate. Each of our three exam rooms has its own scale and X-ray view box, which saves time, and everybody knows animals hate to wait!

In our treatment room, the "heart" of the hospital, we have lots of high-tech innovations. Again, our lighting is full-spectrum, making monitoring and observation easier and more accurate. We have several new monitoring devices, from pulse oximeters (which measure the "concentration" of oxygen in the blood), to Doppler blood pressure measurement devices, to "instant" ECG monitors, and more. My "dream-come-true" is an accurate blood chemistry instrument which can provide us with "electrolytes" (sodium, potassium, chloride, bicarbonate) within a few minutes; when we send blood specimens "out" to the laboratory, it takes a few hours to get results. This brand-new instrument allows us to obtain more information in emergency situations and provide much more precise fluid therapy in our critically ill patients. Our anesthesia machines utilize the safest agents available in human or veterinary medicine, although my belief is that anesthesia is only as safe as the anesthetist is careful!

We have a beautiful, airy operating room with a skylight. We will be providing a wide range of surgical services.

In the critical care ward, there will be three cages with warm flooring and oxygen/nebulization therapy. In the hospital wards, cages are sound-dampened to minimize noise. In our five runs, there is a radiant heat system in the floor for large patients who are recovering from surgery/anesthesia or who need a warm environment for any reason.

The hospital has been designed to maximize our ability to diagnose and treat our patients, and for our patients comfort. Oh yes, our reception area is bright and airy with comfortable seating for our clients' comfort as well.