Inside the advanced animal hospital where pets receive treatments not even available to humans
The Animal Medical Centre on Manhattan's Upper East Side offers state-of-the-art treatment for people who care as much for their pets as they do family members
Emergency veterinary medicine is rough work.
"Some people can't take the screaming," said Sue Maraczi, an emergency and critical care nurse at the Animal Medical Centre (AMC) on Manhattan's Upper East Side.
"But you have to consider that [the animals] are sick, they don't feel well, they're in a weird place, there's unfamiliar faces."
She held a Yorkie in her lap. It didn't need any treatment right that second, but cried pitifully whenever it was left alone in its cage.
Like any big-city hospital, patients show up at AMC's emergency room with problems ranging from sniffles to abuse to horrible injuries. Down the hall in the intensive care unit, a team of veterinarians and technicians care for a small army of critical and terminal creatures.
AMC is the most advanced animal hospital in New York City, and among the most advanced treatment centres anywhere in the US. It's a place where cats and dogs routinely get state-of-the-art radiation treatment for brain cancer, total hip replacements, and even alternative treatments like acupuncture.