Meet the Veterinary Interns treating sick and injured horses in Qatar

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Broken hooves, eye infections, pregnancies and stomach pain are some of the many medical cases seen at Qatar's Equine Veterinary Medical Centre (EVMC). The state-of-the-art hospital treats horses of all ages, sizes and breeds and is committed to improving their health and well-being.

The hospital is located in Qatar Foundation's Education City and offers an internship program for newly qualified veterinarians. The intensive training program runs for one year for graduates who wish to specialise in equine medicine.

"The Equine Veterinary Medical Centre is one of the largest hospitals for horses in the Middle East," says Dr Felipe, an intern in the program. "This facility has different services, like diagnostic imaging, a high-class laboratory, reproduction units, surgical theatres, an internal medicine department and ambulatory services," he adds.

Dr Matthew G Robin is head of The Internal Medicine Department at EVMC. He says the internship programme gives the next generation of veterinary surgeons valuable mentorship. The program offers interns the opportunity to acquire hands-on training and theoretical knowledge and exposes them to different fields within equine medicine.

"The aim is to put the knowledge that they learned at university into practice and make them much more grounded in experience for when they go into work for themselves," he says.

The highly competitive internship program takes graduates from all over the world. This year there are five interns from Jordan, Pakistan, Colombia and Venezuela.