MSU Veterinary College loans two ventilators to local hospital

A Starkville hospital received two ventilators from Mississippi State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine.

M-s-u vet-school donated a pair of ventilators to the oktibbeha county hospital... doctor joey burt said the ventilators are converted to use on small animals.

Hospital officials say they received their first two coronavirus patients over the weekend.

Doctor burt said they have several ventilators at the vet-school but most are for large animals.

More than thrilled."

"part of the veterinary degree obviously is looking at one health to the public health and how our animals play a role in that whether it be mental health or obviously nutrition health and such.

So from our standpoint to be able to assist the human counterparts, human doctors during this time of need, like i said were more than thrilled."

The mississippi state department of