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Tucson's Giant George
Dr. Jim Boulay verifies accurate measurement of Tucson's Giant George - the World's Tallest Dog and Tallest Dog Ever for Guinness Book of World Records
Dr. Jim Boulay (pictured below: far right with Giant George below) oversaw the measurement of Giant George at the Veterinary Specialty Center of Tucson on February 12, 2010. George stands 43 inches tall at the shoulder and weighs
145 lbs.
If you would like to read more about Giant George,
please click on this news story from the Arizona Daily Star:
Record-setting Great Dane set to do Tucson proud on "Oprah"
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Veterinary Specialty Center Undergoes Building Expansion
Due to the increasing demand for our veterinary emergency and specialty
services, and in order to continue to serve the pets, pet owners and
veterinarians of southern Arizona, the Veterinary Specialty Center of Tucson broke
ground in January 2009 for a 22,000 square foot hospital building expansion
that will effectively triple our overall size. This expansion was always
planned and will finally come to fruition when the construction is
completed roughly 6 years from the date of our initial opening in July 2004. A
few facts about the hospital expansion:
- VSCT opened to serve southern Arizona's pets, pet owners and
primary care veterinarians on July 19, 2004 with 10,000 square feet offering
multi-specialty medical, surgical and 24/7 emergency services. Our building
expansion is projected to be complete by July/August 2010 and will bring
our total hospital square footage to just over 32,000 square feet making us
the largest multi-specialty veterinary hospital under one roof in the state
of Arizona.
- VSCT has full time doctors and nurses 24 hours a day, 7 day a
week, 365 days a year -- we never close our doors and all of our doctors reside
in Tucson available to serve you and your pets as best as we possibly
can.
- Our new hospital expansion will include solar energy systems
making VSCT the first multi-specialty emergency veterinary center in Arizona to
utilize a renewable energy source in an effort to reduce our environmental
impact.
- VSCT currently provides more complimentary continuing education
than any other veterinary center in the state. Included in our expansion is
a new conference room that will seat approximately 125 people, more than
doubling our current capacity for educational seminars and events.
- Once completed, the 32,000 square foot, two-level hospital will
have:
- 16 patient examination/consultation rooms
- 4 surgical suites
- A separate dental/oral surgical suite
- Expansion of our diagnostic imaging facilities with 2 digital
radiology units, 2 ultrasound suites, and room for a future MRI scanner (the
first for pets outside of Phoenix) in addition to our in-house helical CT
scanner.
- An even larger central ICU and in-house laboratory facility
- I-131(Radioactive iodine) suite for treatment of hyperthyroidism
in cats
- As is the case currently, all of the examination rooms are
equipped with computers for retrieval of patient information and presentation of
digital radiographic images, and we will now have two designated "comfort"
rooms to be used for patient visitation and client bereavement.
If you would like to read more about this exciting hospital expansion,
please click on this news story from the Arizona Daily Star:
Pet Hospital
Tripling Its Size
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