Medicines and food for pets at 25 per cent lower than MRP at Vepery college
The Hindu
TANUVAS opens pharmacy at Madras Veterinary College to provide affordable medicines and pet foods for Chennai pet parents.
In a measure intending to benefit the pet parents of Chennai, the Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (TANUVAS) has opened a pharmacy in the Madras Veterinary College, Vepery.
“While we treat animals for free, veterinarians prescribe some medicines as part of continuous care and support at home. We felt a pharmacy inside the campus will be of great help to the pet parents in locating medicines,” said T. Sathiyamoorthy, Director of Clinics.
The pharmacy opened in April with an investment of over ₹3 lakh is offering medicines and foods at a subsidised rate. “You will get medicines and pet foods prescribed by veterinarians up to 25 per cent lower than the MRP,” he said. The pharmacy works from 8.30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
He said the University has in-principle approved the plan to open pharmacies in all the seven veterinary colleges in the State.