India's first exclusive hospital for elephants will come up in Kerala, revealed noted elephant veterinarian Jacob Cheeran. This hospital will be set up on a five-acre plot in the Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Mannuthy. It is expected to cost Rs.10 crore.
Cheeran said, "The hospital will have an in-patient treatment facility for 10 elephants at a time. Besides, the state-of-the-art laboratory facilities would be there. The in-patient facility has become very essential as in the coming years, majority of 500 captive elephants in Kerala will be aged over 50 years and would require augmented healthcare support."
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On June 15, 2015, a meeting of all the stakeholders in this proposed elephant hospital will be held in capital city Thiruvananthapuram.
Source: IANS
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