This Monday morning, the presentation of the unit that will be used for neighborhood castration services carried out in different parts of the city took place. Representing the mayor Francisco Azcué, the vice-mayor, Magdalena Reta de Urquiza, attended, accompanied by the Chief of Cabinet, Eduardo Caminal, and the Head of the Veterinary Department, Julio Gesualdi.
As explained during the presentation, the mobile operating room is essential for providing a series of completely free services aimed at the care and well-being of pets, offered by the Municipality of Concordia, allowing for work with an extensive schedule divided into 11 sections, in different neighborhoods, within the framework of the decentralization program that the current administration is implementing.
During the presentation, the president, Reta de Urquiza, congratulated the Municipal Veterinary Department for the excellent work they have been doing. “On behalf of the mayor, I want to say that this is one of the many services we want to bring closer to the community, respecting and encouraging animal care and giving the possibility to access the service to those residents who do not have the resources to do so.”
Also, Eduardo Caminal, Chief of Cabinet, maintained that the Municipal Veterinary Department “understood perfectly from the first day the objectives that the mayor Francisco Azcué requested from each area, which is to decentralize municipal services by reaching all the neighborhoods of the city and for the State to be closer to the resident.”
FREE NEIGHBORHOOD CASTRATION PROGRAM
Regarding the program, it was detailed that it is made up of a team of 6 veterinarians, together with veterinary assistants and administrative staff, and that the goal is to perform 6,000 castrations per year, about 600 per month, achieving a territorial approach, remaining for about a month in each section.
It is a procedure that seeks to encourage owners to practice care and responsible ownership, since castration prevents tumors and diseases associated with reproduction in females and males, improves the behavior and general well-being of the pet, and contributes to the reduction of fights, accidents, and aggression problems.
UNIQUE IN THE PROVINCE
For his part, Dr. Julio Gesualdi, in charge of the Municipal Veterinary area, explained that “this mobile operating room is a project that we have managed to implement and that becomes a more than useful tool for our work. We have a free neighborhood castration program in which we carry out a territorial approach that is very important for us to evaluate the entire situation in an integral way. This type of tool will help us a lot to be able to go to the neighborhoods, to be able to improve the service. Today specifically, together with NGOs and animal protectionists, we gave 50 appointments to perform this type of surgical intervention.”
“It is a source of pride for us to be making this presentation. It is the only municipality in the province that puts a Mobile Operating Room into operation and also the only Municipality in the Province that has projected such a quantity of sterilizations,” he remarked.
Gesualdi also detailed that within the framework of the decentralization program that Concordia is developing, the city has been divided into sections, which will allow for more orderly work to be carried out.
“Starting Wednesday, we are going to section 1, attending on Wednesday and Friday with the mobile operating room at the Nido in Carretera de la Cruz. The idea is to work with 50 appointments each day, with the goal of performing 150 surgical interventions per week, 600 per month, and 6,000 per year. Providing a much neater, more orderly service to the citizenry and within the framework of a much more exhaustive neighborhood territorial approach,” concluded the head of the Municipal Veterinary Department.
Participating in the presentation were councilors Celeste Fuscado, Emmanuel Godoy, Mauricio Rey, Felipe Sastre, Silvina Ovelar, Yaiza Pessolani, the Director of Environmental Sanitation, Carlos Pantaleone, and members of the Municipal Veterinary team.
As explained during the presentation, the mobile operating room is essential for providing a series of completely free services aimed at the care and well-being of pets, offered by the Municipality of Concordia, allowing for work with an extensive schedule divided into 11 sections, in different neighborhoods, within the framework of the decentralization program that the current administration is implementing.
During the presentation, the president, Reta de Urquiza, congratulated the Municipal Veterinary Department for the excellent work they have been doing. “On behalf of the mayor, I want to say that this is one of the many services we want to bring closer to the community, respecting and encouraging animal care and giving the possibility to access the service to those residents who do not have the resources to do so.”
Also, Eduardo Caminal, Chief of Cabinet, maintained that the Municipal Veterinary Department “understood perfectly from the first day the objectives that the mayor Francisco Azcué requested from each area, which is to decentralize municipal services by reaching all the neighborhoods of the city and for the State to be closer to the resident.”
FREE NEIGHBORHOOD CASTRATION PROGRAM
Regarding the program, it was detailed that it is made up of a team of 6 veterinarians, together with veterinary assistants and administrative staff, and that the goal is to perform 6,000 castrations per year, about 600 per month, achieving a territorial approach, remaining for about a month in each section.
It is a procedure that seeks to encourage owners to practice care and responsible ownership, since castration prevents tumors and diseases associated with reproduction in females and males, improves the behavior and general well-being of the pet, and contributes to the reduction of fights, accidents, and aggression problems.
UNIQUE IN THE PROVINCE
For his part, Dr. Julio Gesualdi, in charge of the Municipal Veterinary area, explained that “this mobile operating room is a project that we have managed to implement and that becomes a more than useful tool for our work. We have a free neighborhood castration program in which we carry out a territorial approach that is very important for us to evaluate the entire situation in an integral way. This type of tool will help us a lot to be able to go to the neighborhoods, to be able to improve the service. Today specifically, together with NGOs and animal protectionists, we gave 50 appointments to perform this type of surgical intervention.”
“It is a source of pride for us to be making this presentation. It is the only municipality in the province that puts a Mobile Operating Room into operation and also the only Municipality in the Province that has projected such a quantity of sterilizations,” he remarked.
Gesualdi also detailed that within the framework of the decentralization program that Concordia is developing, the city has been divided into sections, which will allow for more orderly work to be carried out.
“Starting Wednesday, we are going to section 1, attending on Wednesday and Friday with the mobile operating room at the Nido in Carretera de la Cruz. The idea is to work with 50 appointments each day, with the goal of performing 150 surgical interventions per week, 600 per month, and 6,000 per year. Providing a much neater, more orderly service to the citizenry and within the framework of a much more exhaustive neighborhood territorial approach,” concluded the head of the Municipal Veterinary Department.
Participating in the presentation were councilors Celeste Fuscado, Emmanuel Godoy, Mauricio Rey, Felipe Sastre, Silvina Ovelar, Yaiza Pessolani, the Director of Environmental Sanitation, Carlos Pantaleone, and members of the Municipal Veterinary team.