Training Romanian Vets for Project Bihor
Oana Danescu - Romania
April 2007
Dr Oana Danescu is a young veterinary surgeon who had started working at a FPCC shelter in Mioveni, Romania, three months before coming on the Veterinary Training Programme. Like Dr Bratu from the FPCC Campina shelter, she was also scheduled to work at one of the mobile clinics for the Bihor sterilisation project in the summer and fall. She already had some experience in neutering dogs and cats and needed to learn advanced surgical techniques for mass sterilisation. During her two weeks at The Mayhew, Dr Danescu concentrated on improving her suturing skills and gaining more familiarity with more difficult bitch spay operations. She returned to Romania to work on the Bihor project.
Since completing this project Oana has now gone on to be promoted to manager of the entire project being operated in Mioveni and is said to be doing a very good job. There is currently work being completed to build a small municipal shelter there for use of the local community.
Svetlana Petrova - Bulgaria
April 2007
Dr Svetlana Petrova had no experience of surgery or small animal veterinary care prior to coming to The Mayhew. She was recruited by FPCC to join their Bihor project as a veterinary assistant. Originally from Bulgaria, she used to work as a government vet at border security.
Due to her lack of experience, we arranged for Dr Petrova to spend three weeks at The Mayhew. For the first week, she shadowed Dr Danescu in her training. During the second week, she was introduced to the basics from pre-operation preparation to post-operative recovery and care and dental care. By the end of the second week, Dr Petrova started surgical sterilisation, from cat and dog castration to cat flank spay and finally bitch spay. She returned to Romania with a firm grasp of the basics of cat and dog care and sterilisation operations and was able to support the work of the veterinary teams at the mobile clinics in Bihor.
Svetlana is now running an embryonic Neuter & Return project, largely financed by the municipality, in her home town of Dimitovgrad, Bulgaria. FPCC and Dog Projects SRL will be supporting and implementing the project. Svetlana is already the manager of the town’s former facility, now of course a neutering clinic, and has a good relationship with the young mayor.
Gabriel Eduart Marian Bratu - Romania
March 2007
Dr Gabriel Bratu is a young veterinary surgeon who works at a FPCC shelter in Campina, Romania. Before coming on the Veterinary Training Programme, Dr Bratu had only six months of experience in small animal care and sterilisation. As he was scheduled to work at one of the mobile clinics for the Bihor sterilisation project in the summer and fall, he needed to improve his surgery skills and speed. While at The Mayhew, he learned advanced surgical techniques for mass sterilisation including various methods of suturing and increased expertise with bitch spays and dog castration. He also became more familiar with working with cats and routine dental procedures for small animals. He returned to Romania ready to start work on the Bihor project.
Gabi is continuing to work for FPCC based in Campina but regularly goes with the SRL mobile clinic to Bihor and other areas of the country. We understand that he is now a very skilled surgeon.