Surgery center gives pet owners options
“Most of the general public can’t afford to do surgery for their pets. We want to help them,” said Jones, a veterinarian for 24 years and board-certified surgeon since 1994.
Clients have to be referred by their family veterinary doctors to Petsurg. The 2,500-square-foot center offers procedures such as joint, abdominal and cancer surgery. It opened Jan. 4 and is located at 12335 World Trade Drive, Suite 16. The phone number is 858-676-1600.
Because the center is a smaller operation with lower overhead costs than large specialty hospitals, animal surgeries can be offered at more affordable prices, Jones said.
For those with financial limitations, customers can apply through the center for CareCredit, a credit card for health care services that also covers veterinary care. New users can defer interest for six months.
Petsurg offers modern technologies such as Eklin digital X-rays, which are done on site. Lab work and patient records also are done digitally.
Jones is the center’s sole surgeon right now but additional doctors and specialties, such as pet acupuncture, may follow as the business grows. Because she likes to offer clients personalized service, she encourages clients to call her on her cell phone after hours if they have follow-up questions.
Jones also travels to animal hospitals and veterinarian practices to perform surgeries through Vetsurg, a mobile practice she started in 2001 in Encinitas.
Out of what she believed was a need for an animal surgical center in the inland corridor, Jones, an Encinitas resident who has treated pets in San Diego for 15 years, opened Petsurg in Carmel Mountain Ranch.
The center does all surgical procedures, from orthopedic work to soft tissue and organs, she said. Emergency surgery and care is available, such as if a pet suffers multiple injuries from being hit by a car. The center is open seven days a week from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., and overnight care is available.
The center includes three multi-purpose exam rooms, a surgical room with three operating tables, an intensive care unit, a pharmacy station, and an isolation room for contagious animals.
Jones, who also designed the layout of the center, said function was important in deciding how space was planned. The X-ray site, preparation areas and surgical room share walls and are further connected with windows, making it easier for technicians to go between different areas and procedures and monitor a pet’s progress.
“It’s set up to flow whichever way you need it to,” Jones said.
Storage space is carefully incorporated, such as with shelves built in above cages and installed in the walls of the surgery room, leaving more room for operating work, she added.
“We’re all about function, about using the space,” she said.
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