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Major Expansion for Practice in 2008 We are very excited and pleased to announce that our Kirkcaldy surgery will be undergoing a major expansion and upgrade in 2008. The building is now 12 years old and due to the success of the practice, we are starting to outgrow our current facilities. The expansion will significantly extend the size of the surgery and allow us to continue to offer the highest quality of veterinary care to our growing client base and increase the range of services available. We plan to add two more consulting rooms, a second operating theatre and a dedicated dental suite. In addition, our dog and cat wards are being completely redesigned and improved to offer maximum patient comfort and hygiene. We hope to minimise disruption while the work is being carried out and aim to have the work completed by the summer. If you have any suggestions how we can further improve our service, we would love to hear your ideas. Please email vets@stclairvet.co.uk.
Maxie is a six year old Labrador who attends our Glenrothes branch and who loves her walks with her devoted owner Cathy Gibson. Sadly this year as a complication of developing cataracts from diabetes, Maxie's sight deteriorated to the point that exercise was becoming difficult and Cathy was concerned that Maxie was becoming depressed. St. Clair vet Neil Geddes, who runs our ophthalmic referral service, recommended a specialised cataract removal operation similar to that carried out in humans. The procedure is costly but Cathy showed incredible dedication and raised the necessary funds from car boot sales, sponsored quiz sheets and a sponsored walk. Maxie had her eye operations performed by Neil in March and May 2007 to remove the cataracts in both eyes and to replace the lens on one side with a plastic artificial lens. Cathy has been overjoyed with the results and has told us: "Maxie is like a born again puppy!! She is even back chasing the squirrels in the park. I would like to thank everyone who handed in goods for me to sell at the car boot sales and also the children who did the sponsored walk." If you are a client and are worried your dog or cat has sight problems or may be diabetic, contact us at St. Clair Veterinary Group. St. Clair Help Rotary Shoebox Project
Staff at St. Clair Vet Group have helped to make some poor childrens' Christmas a little brighter by participating in a shoebox project organised by the Rotary Club of Kirkcaldy Raith. Staff members purchased toys and gifts to fill the boxes which will be forwarded by the Rotary Club to disadvantaged children in Eastern Europe in time for Christmas. Rotary Club member and vet Jarlath Busby said "The generosity of the staff has been amazing and they have really taken this Rotary charity project to their hearts. They have taken a tremendous pride in the gifts that they used to fill the boxes. The staff have already started on their next project of collecting money to purchase Water Survival Boxes for use in disaster struck areas." If you want to find out more about Rotary Club activities locally, email jcarnegie@pagan.co.uk. Sponsorship for Young Hockey Star
This summer one of our young pet owners, Elizabeth Shedden, had the honour of being selected to represent Scotland in the U16 Girls Hockey team. St. Clair Veterinary Group was delighted to be able to provide sponsorship to help towards the costs of training, kit and travel expenses. Elizabeth will be playing for Scotland against Belgium, Ulster and in a 4 nations tournament. St. Clair Veterinary Group practice manager, Sylvia Robertson, said "Congratulations to Liz for being selected to play for Scotland. The practice is glad to put something back in to the local community by supporting our local sports." We have had to say a fond farewell to two of our vets, Maureen Geraghty and Claire Callaghan, who have left the practice recently and headed for the southern hemisphere.
Maureen is currently in India where she is working at an orphanage which cares for abandoned female children. Maureen has had a close association with the orphanage and arranged numerous fund raising events in her time at St. Clair Veterinary Group. She has kept in touch by email and describes the work as harrowing but very rewarding. After her work in India, Maureen hopes to travel to New Zealand and Australia.
Claire has left for Australia with partner Ian and Marmalade the cat. Ian's bank job has been relocated to Sydney and the couple who are keen surfers will now be relishing the Australian summer.
Wedding Celebrations at St. Clair The past six months has seen a trio of wedding celebrations at the surgery as two of our nurses, Fiona Ross and Pauline Eggo, and vet, Jarlath Busby, have all taken the plunge at the altar. We would like to wish them all every happiness for the future.
At St. Clair Veterinary Group, we provide veterinary care for the working dogs of Fife Police. Recently vet Jarlath Busby and nurse Linda Jack visited Police Headquarters in Glenrothes to provide some Animal First Aid training for the dog handlers. The training covered the general principles of first aid as well as how to deal with specific situations such as choking, skin lacerations, fractures, seizures and poisoning. After the theory, the dog handlers had to put their practical skills to the test and perform a number of bandaging techniques on their very patient subjects.
We were very impressed with how keen the handlers were to learn the life-saving techniques and the feedback we have had suggests they found the course informative and enjoyable.
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