Dear Clients of the OVAH | 20 July 2020 |
We sincerely hope that you and your animals are keeping warm and well!
Level 3 allows the OVAH to continue to render essential services, including those to alleviate animal pain and suffering and to provide life-saving treatment. We will also continue to provide chronic medication, parasite control products and pet food.
Our specialist clinics (internal medicine, surgery and ophthalmology) are open and we continue to accept, by appointment, all dog, cat and horse patients referred by other veterinarians.
Our farm and wildlife veterinarians are available to attend to all call-outs.
Please dial 086 100 8387 and follow the prompts in order to make an appointment with the relevant clinic.
Please adhere to the following measures:
If you are satisfied that you are in good health, please:
You are welcome to complete a COVID-19 pre-screening by means of the HealthCheck tool, before travelling to us. The HealthCheck tool is already utilised daily by staff and students who enter the Faculty of Veterinary Science campus.
If you wish to access the tool, you can do so on the following platforms:
On arrival at the Onderstepoort Campus, we will provide you with further guidance. Please assist us by adhering to all requests!
There is an automated hand sanitiser dispenser positioned at the main entrance to the hospital which should be used when you enter and leave the premises.
We will use a non-contact infrared scanner to measure your body temperature before you enter the building. Should your temperature be above the recommended maximum of 37.3, we will check it again, and if it remains high, we will ask you to return to your vehicle. We will then arrange for someone to come to your vehicle and take your animal from you, as well as assist with the completion of all necessary paperwork.
Please keep a reasonable distance (where possible, at least 1.5 metres) between yourself and our staff and students while in our hospital, and do not attempt to make physical contact with anyone.
Your support and cooperation is greatly appreciated!
Part of the University of Pretoria, and designed primarily to provide world class practical training to final year veterinary and veterinary nursing students studying at the Faculty of Veterinary Science, the hospital nevertheless succeeds in providing, at the same time, a unique and highly valued service to the greater veterinary and pet-owning community.
From a tiny, helpless domestic shorthair kitten, to a stately and economically important stud bull, all companion and production animals are optimally cared for in species-specific clinics, and treated by clinicians and specialists of national and international repute.
The OVAH is the only veterinary hospital is South Africa where veterinary specialists of so many different disciplines practice under one roof. Our scope of services is very broad and includes:
In order to perform such diverse and challenging veterinary work, the OVAH boasts 10 theatres, a dog/cat ICU, referral clinics for various species, a bustling first-opinion Outpatient clinic and an impressive array of diagnostic imaging equipment ranging from digital radiography, to computed tomography. Furthermore, the OVAH is the only veterinary facility in Africa to perform diagnostic nuclear imaging, known as scintigraphy. All this ensures the OVAH never lacks for patients to heal or opportunities to train students to the highest standards.
Host to over 70 trained and dedicated support staff, together with a number of enthusiastic and animal-loving veterinary and veterinary nursing students, the OVAH is an academic yet very client- and patient-focused hospital which strives to provide professional, skilled and compassionate patient care and client service at all times.
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