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Two group businesses to operate specialist departments at Small Animal Hospital, Mumbai
The Eye Vet and The Cancer Vet have entered into agreements to establish and operate full ophthalmology and oncology departments at the Tata Trusts hospital.hello@vhi.vet.
23 August 2026 · Mumbai
The agreement
The Eye Vet and The Cancer Vet have entered into agreements to establish and operate full ophthalmology and oncology departments at the Tata Trusts hospital.
Announced by Small Animal Hospital, Mumbai. Both departments sit under the hospital’s overall oversight.
From 28 September 2026, The Eye Vet will operate a full veterinary ophthalmology department at Small Animal Hospital, Mumbai, and The Cancer Vet a full oncology department alongside it. Both will provide the complete range of specialist services on site, including surgery and chemotherapy.
The departments are led by the clinicians who founded the businesses. Dr. Kasturi Bhadsavle, M.V.Sc, DIBVO, leads ophthalmology. Dr. Noopur Desai, M.V.Sc Surgery and Diplomate ACVR in radiation oncology, leads oncology. Both are internationally board-certified.
The agreements were signed during a continuing professional development programme in veterinary ophthalmology, hosted at the hospital for practising veterinarians from Mumbai and beyond.
Small Animal Hospital, Mumbai is a Tata Trusts hospital. Its stated ambition, set by its Chairman Emeritus the late Mr Ratan N Tata, is to become a tertiary care hospital for small animals in the city.
The agreement
- Hospital
- Small Animal Hospital, Mumbai — Tata Trusts
- Departments
- Ophthalmology and oncology
- Operated by
- The Eye Vet and The Cancer Vet
- From
- 28 September 2026
- Oversight
- Small Animal Hospital, Mumbai
Read the announcement from Small Animal Hospital, Mumbai
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