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West Bengal Education minister, Parth Chatterjee has decided to build a hospital for dogs in Kolkata in the remembrance of his wife who passed away in July 2017.
He has also set up a trust to build and run the treatment centre that will be named Babli Chatterjee Memorial Pet Hospital.
Minister Parth Chattergee says, there is no better way for him to pay tribute to his wife, who used to love dogs.
“Babli was a dog- lover in true sense. There are six dogs in our family now that include two St. Bernards, Golden Retriever and Pug. As long she was fit, she used to take care of them that including feeding them, giving them medicines and taking them to vets. Even when she went to sleep at night, her pets were her companions. So I thought that a hospital for dogs will be the best way to keep her memories alive,” Chatterjee said. His wife was only in her mid-fifties when she passed away.
About Bengal Education Minister
Chatterjee, who became a lawmaker in 2001 for the first time, is quite secretive and careful about his pet dogs. He guards the privacy of his pets. He never posts pictures with them on social media and does not allow outsiders to click their pictures.
He is always ready to sacrifice personal comfort of his pets. There have been times, when he returned home from late meetings and found his dogs sleeping on his bed. He didn’t wake them up and slept on the couch instead.
Memorial Pet Hospital
The hospital will be set up on a plot of 17 acres near Baghajatin railway station in south Kolkata. However, Chatterjee refused to divulge the project cost.
“In Kolkata, there is an acute shortage of sophisticated pet hospitals and my wife often mentioned it. The trust authorities have already started interacting with renowned veterinary doctors about the facilities than can be provided there. I have asked the authorities to complete the project as quickly as possible,” Chatterjee said.
Reference: ZeeNews
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