DVVH - An Historical Perspective And Practice Profile The Diamond Valley Veterinary Hospitals group, incorporating the Eltham Central Veterinary Hospital and the Montmorency Veterinary Hospital, began in 1979 when Dr Chris Barton established the Research Veterinary Clinic formerly located in Ingrams Road Research. In 1981, the Practice took its first steps in expanding into the Diamond Valley community by setting up a small branch facility in Montmorency. The original Montmorency Veterinary Clinic was then relocated in 1996 to our current well-established and purpose-developed hospital site in Sherbourne Road Montmorency. In December 2001, the Research Veterinary Hospital was relocated to our current purpose built Eltham Central Veterinary Hospital site in Main Road Eltham. Dr Joseph Galbally joined Dr Chris Barton as a partner in the Practice in 1992. Today, our Practice employs around thirty staff members, many more than the original two staff members back in 1979. The expansion of our Practice over the past twenty years has been in line with our philosophy of providing first class modern veterinary hospital facilities to the Diamond Valley community. Each of our hospitals provide a standard of care established by the Australian Small Animal Veterinary Association (ASAVA) veterinary hospitals accreditation committee which currently sets one of the highest accredited standards for veterinary hospitals in the world. Our Eltham Central Veterinary Hospital achieved ASAVA hospital accreditation in August 2002. It is now one of only thirteen ASAVA accredited hospitals in Victoria. Currently, the Montmorency Veterinary Hospital is gearing towards ASAVA accreditation. Having ASAVA hospital standards accreditation means that our hospitals are resourced to provide a quality of excellence and veterinary care equally matched to one of the highest standards in the world. Providing this standard of hospital facilities and achieving this high standard of veterinary care is extremely important to all of us at Eltham Central and Montmorency Veterinary Hospitals. It means that we can take great pride in providing our clients and patients with the best service possible. Both of our hospitals in Eltham and Montmorency provide the best in modern facilities and equipment including ultra-modern diagnostic equipment, first class X-ray facilities, computerised pathology laboratories, state of the art dental equipment, large fully equipped surgical suites with state of the art anaesthetic monitoring equipment, modern in-patient hospital facilities etc. Each hospital site is fully independent of each other providing the equivalent range and standard of veterinary care. Our veterinary and nursing staff are trained in a range of small companion animal disciplines, and we are resourced and equipped to treat a range of companion animal species including dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs, cage and aviary birds etc. For over twenty years now, with the generous efforts of a network of local wildlife carers, we have also been committed to the pro bono treatment of our local wildlife. As well as providing veterinary services to the Diamond Valley and further abroad Melbourne metropolitan communities, we also link in with the major Australian Universities to provide an extension of their extra mural training for undergraduate veterinary science students, our future generation of veterinarians. Drs Chris Barton and Joseph Galbally are currently Senior Fellows and Academic Associates of the University of Melbourne Faculty of Veterinary Science. An integral part of our philosophy at the Diamond Valley Veterinary Hospitals has always been to continue to educate all of our veterinary and nursing staff with all the up to date and modern developments in veterinary medicine and surgery. As an extension of this philosophy we aim to provide the facilities and mode of practice to help supplement the training of future veterinarians and veterinary nurses. Overall, the history and future development of our Practice is about continuing to provide the best in modern veterinary care, continuing to update our facilities and equipment, continuing to educate our staff and future generations of veterinary practitioners and nurses, and continuing to keep on track with providing and maintaining the traditional values of a caring community service.
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