Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Vocational day


Myself and sampath were picked up by jim who is a 82 year old man who took us to the Cambridge hospital where sampath had an appointment with the HR department. I was picked up further by Sheila of Cambridge group veterinary clinics and then met John Greives.


He has this practice for more than 30 years and he is one vet who not only is specialised in small animals but also the exotic ones. I was lucky enough to see this clinic where the practice is very much ethical like back home and had a chance to see the blind dogs and also hearing dogs.


These are different organisations run by charities who train the dogs for blinds (guide dogs) and then handed over to people who have applied for the same and they are doing it free of cost!. The trainers are very young volunteers whoa re interested in doing this kind of a job and they are quite excited that they are doing this kind of service.


On the contrary the hearing dog group is also run by charity and these people train dogs for the deaf people giving specific signals to the owner as and when they hear different sounds like the door bell, telephone ring and if there is an emergency they have a specific feat to do with which the owner will understand what might be the severity of the situation. I am really surprised and happy to see this kind of work being done by voluntary organisations which is so much helpful for the needy.


Wherever we have gone, we have seen charities and more charities. Everyone is raising money for charity and they are being used effectively for the right purposes.


Cambridge city rotary club had organised for the lunch meeting where in we gave the presentation to the people and it was very well accepted. Post lunch John took me to Newmarket Equine Hospital which is a private hospital run by a group of veterinarians which is built with a budget of 9 million pounds. There are facilities which supersedes some of the human hospitals not only in India but also in UK. Quite surprising isn’t it.


New market is the mecca of horse breeding and racing in the world there are thousands of horses there and there are two wonderful race courses the July race course & Rowing miles race course which conducts some of the biggest races in the world. Did a small tour of some of the stud farms in new market.


Royston is a small town which is quiet beautiful and hilly. Royston rotary club meeting was there in the evening in the Royston golf club and what a place to have a meeting. There was a presentation on London walks by a gentleman and they were kind enough to accommodate our presentation also. Quite nice people. This was the first informal club I have seen in this country.

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