nagpur two months ago smalltime broker prahlad kalbandhe got friendly with a twoyearold stray dog near tukdoji putla square where he would go almost every day to meet his friends he started feeding the dog biscuits and milk this went on for 15 days after which one night kalbandhe saw the dog getting severely injured after a speeding car passed over it shocked by the incident he rushed the dog to government veterinary clinic at alankar talkies square and since then is taking care of its treatmentin the last oneandahalf months kalbande has not just been spending time but has also shelled out over a lakh for his fourlegged friends treatmentdoctors and interns at the veterinary hospital call it a oneofitskind case the dog is being treated by dr shirish upadhyay and dr gauri fiske he spends the entire day at the hospital taking personal interest in the dogs recovery whose lumbers had dislocated though we took care of the surgery expenses kalbandhe offered to pay for the screws and other treatment charges said dr fiskekalbandhe also hired a caretaker who daily feeds and massages the dog whatever injections and medicines are not available in the clinic he purchases them from outside and takes care of the expenses most of the times you will find him in the clinic with the dogs head on his laps when he is not present the dog gets uncomfortable and impatient he feeds it chicken everyday said an internkalbandhe said he was never an animal lover but he got involved only because the unfortunate incident happened in front of his eyes i have four pet dogs but i was not emotionally attached to them however i felt a responsibility towards this stray he added people for animals pfa will now be taking care of the dogs treatment the surgery was successful but it is still very weak and cant walk the doctors said not only in the stray dogs case kalbandhe has spent his money during other instances as well at the hospital while the dog was being treated an injured camel was also brought to the clinic however two weeks back the camel died and his owner had no money left for its funeral he arranged for the labours and other materials he must have spent 5000 on the camels funeral said pfa city chief karishma galani kalbandhe hopes that people get more sensitive towards animals i was shocked to see people bringing their pets to the clinic for mercy killing they were disappointed when the doctors did not entertain them he said