Top vet jets in to perform surgical first on family pet

IT MUST be puppy love.

Sat, 09 Oct, 2010 - 01:00
Eoin English

A Wexford family was reunited with their pet dog Charlie just 24 hours after a top British surgeon jetted in to save his life.

Top cardio-thoracic veterinary surgeon and UCD graduate Dr Mike Martin flew in from England to perform the operation on the 10-month-old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel at the Gilabbey Veterinary Hospital in Cork city on Thursday.

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