Nation’s No. 1 Veterinary School to Open New ER/ICU
UC Davis Veterinary Hospital Expands as School Celebrates 75 Years
Veterinary appointments have been a challenge to obtain in the past two years, with long wait times even in emergency situations, as the industry struggles to keep up with demand. To combat this issue, the University of California, Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine’s teaching hospital is expanding its clinical space, including the opening of a new Emergency Room and Intensive Care Unit on May 3.
Admittances to the ER have more than doubled since immediately before the pandemic. Historically, the ER caseload has increased tenfold since 2013, seeing an average of more than 900 cases per month in 2022, with some months seeing more than 1,200 patients.