SOUTH SUDAN / VETERINARY HOSPITAL

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) is providing veterinary services to local residents in the town of Malakal. UNMISS

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:03:57
• Production Date: 1 August 2018
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS MISSION IN SOUTH SUDAN – UNMISS
• Subject Topical: LIVESTOCK
• Geographic Subject: SOUTH SUDAN
• MAMS Id: 2211522
• Parent Id: 2211522
• Alternate Title: unifeed180801a

Description

STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / VETERINARY HOSPITAL
TRT: 3:57
SOURCE: UNMISS
RESTRICTION: NONE
LANGUAGE: ARABIC / DINKA / NATS

DATELINE: 28 JULY 2018, MALAKAL, SOUTH SUDAN

Shotlist

1. Wide shot, Malakal resident Nyanawan Ayii arriving at veterinary hospital with her goats
2. Wide shot, pan from Indian veterinarians arriving at Veterinary hospital
3. Wide shot, Nyanawan Ayii waiting with her goats
4. Med shot, veterinarians giving goat medicine
5. SOUNDBITE (DINKA) Nyanawan Ayii, Goat Owner:
“I am taking care of my goats as they provide me with milk to drink and sell and I do give some to my grandchild. It is a source of wealth for my family and that is wh y I brought them for treatment.”
6. Wide shot, donkey in pen
7. Various shots, veterinarians administering drip to donkey
8. Various shots, veterinarians observing donkey and giving advise
9. SOUNDBITE (ARABIC) Kamal el Din Osman, Donkey Owner:
“I can tell you that all the special needs that belong to human beings and animals have the same necessities in one environment. If a human is sick or an animal is sick they all feel the same because they live in the same environment. Then the services given to our animals is like given to us as (human) not to animal because we eat from the meat, the animal provide us with services at home and everywhere.”
10. Close up, donkey getting injection
11. Med shot, medicine being rubbed into area of injection
12. Wide shot, set up of veterinarian
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Doctor Lt. Col. Sengar, Indian Battalion in Malakal:
“The local government has also requested UNMISS if the veterinary hospital can be reactivated so that the owner of the livestock can get their animal treated, because they are also complaining that there were a lot of diseases are prevalent here and their animals are dying.”
14. Various shots, walkthrough of various of destroyed Veterinary hospital before rehabilitation

Storyline

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) is providing veterinary services to local residents in the town of Malakal.

Nyanawan Ayii, who owns a few goats, has brought some of them to a weekly veterinary hospital. She is among the few thousand residents who bring their animals here when they fall sick.

SOUNDBITE (DINKA) Nyanawan Ayii, Goat Owner:
“I am taking care of my goats as they provide me with milk to drink and sell and I do give some to my grandchild. It is a source of wealth for my family and that is why I brought them for treatment”.

A desperate need for veterinary services in the town has allowed an Indian-run veterinary camp to gain popularity amongst local residents.

The rehabilitation of a veterinary hospital, run partly as the College of Veterinary Sciences at the Upper Nile University, has made it possible for troops to treat an average of 200 animals a week, which come in with various ailments like fever, hoof injuries, worm infestations low milk production, among other ailments.

Ayii’s sentiments echo those of others. Kamal el Din Osman, is happy that the veterinary camp is now fully accessible and efficient. He and others have arrived early, so they can have their turn and not have to wait long.

SOUNDBITE (ARABIC) Kamal el Din Osman, Donkey Owner:
“I can tell you that all the special needs that belong to human beings and animals have the same necessities in one environment. If a human is sick or an animal is sick they all feel the same because they live in the same environment. Then the services given to our animals is like given to us as (human) not to animal because we eat from the meat, the animal provide us with services at home and everywhere”.

Now open every Saturday and run by Indian troops who have been deployed to Malakal town, the veterinary hospital has been operational once a week since mid-May, and doors could open more frequently if the security situation in the area improves.

The veterinary doctors previously went from homestead to homestead treating animals, but with an increasing demand for services, they have re-opened the animal hospital.

SOUNDBITE (English) Doctor Lt. Col. Sengar, Indian Battalion in Malakal:
“The local government has also requested UNMISS if the veterinary hospital can be reactivated so that the owner of the livestock can get their animal treated, because they are also complaining that there were a lot of diseases are prevalent here and their animals are dying.”