Bhubaneswar, Sept. 7: A Rs 6.4-crore state-of-the-art veterinary super-speciality teaching and clinical facility has been set up at the College of Veterinary Sciences complex of the Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology.

As per the Veterinary Council of India’s guidelines, each veterinary college must have a teaching-cum-clinical complex to help students better understand the course. Chief minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated the The ultra-modern complex last Wednesday.

The complex will cater to the needs of interns, who will be able to gain practical exposure in treating animals and birds.

“This complex will meet the needs of clinical teaching, diagnosis, treatment of animals and veterinary extension through its various units,” said dean in charge of veterinary science R.K. Das.

The complex has residential facilities for internship students. The financial assistance for the facility has been provided under the state plan and the central public works department will execute the work, he said.

The complex will provide medical service to all kinds of domestic and wild animals and birds. It will remain open throughout the day. Besides 20 specialist doctors, the hospital will have junior doctors from the veterinary college.

Earlier, sick animals and birds had to be treated at the central veterinary clinic on Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT) the campus. Since the centre lacked adequate facilities, the animals and birds had to be referred to other places.

“However, we now have all the facilities under one roof. The veterinary campus is a premier centre for treatment of animals. It will serve as a reference for veterinary clinics in Odisha and its neighbouring states. This is third largest veterinary complex in India after Mumbai and Chennai,” OUAT vice-chancellor D.P. Ray said.

With an operation theatre, casualty and emergency ward, dialysis unit, observation room and intensive care unit, the complex would turn out to be one of the best places for students to get hands on experience in treating animals, Ray said.