Suddenly We Are A Real Clinic

Since I've been here I've always heard rumors of getting a full time Japanese veterinarian. And as of May 1st that became a reality as we hired a local vet to come work in our clinic. His english is so-so and our newly acquired secretary can help out with the translations (her english is pretty good). Japanese vets get trained completely different, as they barely lay their hands on an animal during their vet school. The choice of drugs used is somewhat similar to ours but not all the way. Unsure about his capabilities under the knife, our Vet has just opened up the clinic to vacciantions and small medical problems until he can train Mr. Tanaka in the way we do things in the surgery room. All in all it will help the clinic out significantly now that there is a doctor always within driving distance. Our patient list has grown to just under 500 animals and will probably rise much more this year which looks good to the community and to our supervisors, hopefully we can get a new building built, or at least some better equipment!!