This was the third time I took Lola Kutty to see Dr.Mohamed Ali during the 2nd week of December, 2011.

Dr.Ali is a second generation veterinarian who has a clinic – “Pasteur Pets Clinic” – in Greenways Road in Chennai. Lola Kutty is a six year old lazy, loving and overweight pug. (Lola and I inspire each other in the paths leading to our overweight ways). Dr.Ali looks very young, has a beard down his chin. He looks the religious type.

I took Lola to see Dr.Ali, as she seemed to be going through the worst phase of her heat and she was bleeding real bad. She could hardly sit, leave alone walk.  I had to carry her down to the car and then again, into the clinic.

When I knocked on his clinic door, he was treating two other dogs and so I was told to wait in the adjoining room. Soon enough, I was called in and I put Lola on a brown granite table. As the doctor was busy talking to a lady about her dog, I had to wait for him to come. One of his helpers asked me what the problem was. Then he took Lola’s temperature and found she didn’t have fever. He proceeded to take the weight of the dog – all of eleven kilos. It was sweet of the helper to do the preliminary investigations without being told to.

I had enough time to survey the room. It can surely do with two good coats of paint on its walls. That will lighten up the place a lot. On the walls close to where Dr.Ali has his table, there are shelves full of accessories for dogs and other pets – leash, dog biscuits, chewing bones, small balls for dogs to play with and various types of dog foods. My eyes riveted on two narrow bands of flat metal on the wall behind where Dr.Ali sits.On the first it is written, “I dress the wounds” and on the other, ‘God heals the wounds.”

And I overheard a bit of the discussion between the doctor and the lady who was concerned about her dog. While the lady was narrating the rather alarming condition of her pet recently, Dr.Ali commented that she should have called him. She said she felt bad to disturb him and he simply said his cell is always on switch on mode when people are in need.

Then he came to Lola. He told me she is way too fat and sometimes, that could even be a reason for their legs not being able to carry their heavy weight. Then he asked for a swab of cotton, dipped it in water and cleaned Lola’s eyes before doing anything else. He then checked her hind legs to see if there was any problem with them. His diagnosis was that Lola had sprained her hip somehow. He also said her skin had some fungus problem which needs to be attended to. And before he left to take care of another dog, he gave her two injections. He ordered one of his two assistants to clip her very long nails.Seeing Lola struggle and cry as if her life was at stake, the good doctor ordered his assistants to stop clipping. When I told him two of her nails were particularly long, he said don’t over stress the poor thing.

From his web site I find out that Dr. Mohamed Ali is a second generation veterinarian and has a Master’s degree in Veterinary surgery and radiology. He is a University Medal winner for scoring the highest marks in Veterinary  surgery and radiology in M. V. Sc.  His areas of interest are medical and surgical management of exotic pets and soft tissue surgery. He is also interested in Veterinary Endocrinology, Dentistry, and Pet Animal Behavior.

Lola Kutty started looking and behaving almost her normal self within a few hours of returning home from Dr.Ali’s clinic.And, this being the third time the doctor has treated her for different complications, I feel very confident that all will be well with this sweet thing. And I feel very grateful.

These are the services provided by Dr.Ali at Pasteur pets clinic

Consultation – General Health and Management, Pet Nutrition & Behavior.

Immunizations/ Vaccinations and De- worming

Treatment of Infectious Diseases

Treatment of External Parasitic Infestations

Dental Care

Operation Theater facilities – Surgical services like Castration, Spaying, Tumour Excision, Cesarean section, Herniorraphy and Fracture Management.