AN INTENSIVE care unit for horses will be unveiled tomorrow as part of a £6m University of Liverpool masterplan.
And the Daily Post has been given an exclusive insight into the £2m facility at the university’s Leahurst Campus in Wirral.
The cutting-edge intensive care unit is the next piece in the jigsaw of the globally renowned Philip Leverhulme Equine Hospital which sees over 2,000 equine cases per year ranging from lameness to surgery for acute abdominal problems known as colic –the biggest killer of horses.
In 2009 Princess Anne – herself synonymous with all things equine – opened the first £1.5m phase of a series of new developments at the hospital which now boasts an MRI facility, two operating theatres, and refurbished stables for 35 horses ranging from Grand National runners to family pets.
And tomorrow to complement the pioneering work, Lord Derby will formally open the hi-tech ICU unit meaning horses have the very best after-care.
The facility comprises 11 intensive care horse boxes – all hooked up to a CCTV control room within the building allowing 24 hour monitoring of the horses and donkeys.
Foals, although separated by a divider, can recover under the watchful eye of their mother – based within the same unit.
