By Danielle Kutchel
With level crossing removal works causing traffic delays around Clyde Road, a Berwick vet clinic has gone to great lengths to ensure that pet owners can continue to get the care they need.
Berwick Veterinary Hospital will be opening its pop-up clinic, the Berwick Wellness Centre, on Friday 26 March at Eden Rise Shopping Centre.
The original hospital on Clyde Road – which has been in the same location for 30 years – will continue taking patients and will remain the site for emergency, large and routine sterile surgeries.
The new Wellness Centre will provide another option for patients for routine checks and services.
Its location on the south side of the level crossing will provide another option for patients coming from across Berwick and further afield to avoid the level crossing removal works on Clyde Road.
Practice owner Dr Tom Brennan said with roadworks currently making it difficult for patients to access the clinic, the new location would allow the business to continue serving its customers.
“We had to think outside the square on what to do and how to keep servicing our clients,” he said.
The practice is in the process of decking out a transport vehicle too, to allow them to transport patients between the two clinic sites so customers don’t have to negotiate the traffic and roadworks.
The works have forced the Clyde Road clinic to change its carpark structure as well due to the occasional closure of Jane Street.
Dr Brennan asked any customers who are unsure of how to get into the clinics to phone ahead for guidance.
He said the practice had made the decision to open the pop-up “to survive, so we can keep serving the community”.
For more information, visit www.berwickvet.com.au, find Berwick Veterinary Hospital on Facebook or call 9707 2655.
