Tamil Nadu: Monkey Found With Intestinal Injury At IIT-M, Successfully Operated

A team of veterinarians performed an intestinal perforation by sedating the animal. 

A monkey (Image for representation/Pixabay)

Chennai: A six-year-old monkey found with profuse bleeding at IIT Madras campus was successfully operated for its injury in a 3-hour procedure in Chennai. The monkey which is on its path to recovery would be sent to Guindy National Park after its complete recovery. 

According to a report on Times of India, Chennai Wildlife Warden Prasanth said, a complaint was received from IIT Madras that a monkey was found with profuse bleeding and severe injury to its belly on January 10.  

Based on the complaint, we sent a team of officials and rescued the animal. The monkey was then admitted to Besant Memorial Animal Dispensary on Besant Avenue in Chennai.

The doctors at the dispensary made observations on the injury and found that a part of the intestine was damaged. Hence, a team of veterinarians decided to perform an intestinal perforation by sedating the animal. 

The doctors also took a scan, sedated the animal, and started the surgery to remove the damaged parts of the intestine. They then performed enterectomy and anastomosis, where fluids were flushed into the intestine to ease the normal functions and aid recovery. 

After keeping in observation for a few days, the monkey will be sent to Guindy National park.

Meanwhile, even last month, a man tried to save an injured monkey bitten by stray dogs by giving an emergency CPR. The man performed the CPR and gave oxygen with his breath. The monkey which almost lost the pulse, regained consciousness. After the incident, the video of the man giving the CPR went viral on social media.

However, the monkey died a day later without responding to treatment in Perambalur.