Comments on: It Shouldn’t Happen at a Vets: Panorama Exposes Vet Malpractice

By: heather

heather — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 14:34:43 +0000

hi. i ad to av my friend pip put to sleep, she was huge part of my family, i said to the vet “shes a good dog it wont hurt will it” he told me it wudnt. As soon as the vet injected pip she started screaming with agonising scream in which myself & my son will never ever foget which lasted for 20mins or even more i cud still hear her when we were leaving the surgery.

By: terry stuart

terry stuart — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 20:49:23 +0000

does anyone know who i contact to report a vet for malepractice i lost my 5 year old bullmastiff coz of this vet i have wrote to the company and i have been ved a load of lies i wish to take tis higher to make sure no one els suffers like we did with our baby baily if anyone has a number could you please send it to me.

thanks….

By: john

john — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 17:19:15 +0000

my dog was on dis program lol i got him like a month after thy recorded it

By: Sheena milne

Sheena milne — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 07:04:38 +0000

I have been working as a vet for 22years and I own my practice. I was so upset with the sight of those ‘trainees’ trying to insert a catheter that I had to leave the room. It must have been terrible for his owners to watch. I would like to say that I do not think this is normal practice in a veterinary surgery. I have never seen a distressed dog handled in this way and I have never seen a pet struck. I have also never seen a bill artificially raised. I use a large amount of profits to buy equipment (which is extremely expensive) and currently earn less than any doctor, dentist, lawyer or IT professional. I am sure that many pet owners will now have difficulty trusting their vets which is a huge shame.

By: Chris Deadman

Chris Deadman — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:42:38 +0000

The Panorama programme was depressingly predictable as far as we are concerned. Rights 4 Pets @ Vets is an all-volunteer campaign group dedicated to campaigning for tougher regulation of the veterinary profession. You can find us on Facebook to under ‘Justice 4 Ted’. If you are concerned about any of the issues raised in the programme, then we urge you get in touch with us via the website or Facebook.

We believe that the increased commercialisation of the profession over the past few years had a corrosive effect on public confidence. The Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 does not afford the RCVS sufficient power to discipline veterinary surgeons or nurses other than in instances where they are found guilty of gross professional misconduct. The RCVS currently have no power to even consider cases involving clinical negligence which means that owners whose pets have suffered at the hands of an incompetent vet have no means of recourse. This is plainly wrong. If you care about how you animals are treated by veterinary surgeons, then please get in touch with our campaign.

By: Terri Wylie

Terri Wylie — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:29:05 +0000

Of course not ALL vets are this awful,My vet is great! and yes you obviously have to restrain them but this wasnt just restraining was it?
He wacked the dog over the head!
So there is really no defending that kind of abuse!
They were calling the animals names and taking the mickey out of them.
No repsect for the pets or the owners at all!

I would never set foot in a Medivet clinic in a million years and i hope they have lost a ton of business due to this programme.
They were also worse than useless in my book.

I think this waa good for us pet owners to see.
I dont really care how isolated the incidents were either, they should not have happened at all!

I have came across money hungry and uncaring vets in the past so yes they do exist.
They have no business being allowed anywhere near animals.
They are not animal lovers, just seeing ££££
A good vet cares for the animals as if they were their own, and no amount of stress should cause this kind of treatment.
If they find it too stressful to cope with a distressed pet, then they are in the wrong job.

By: patsy

patsy — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:48:13 +0000

This was a very disturbing report. After seeing this programme we are so very grateful we have super caring vets here in Bournemouth

By: Frogdogz

Frogdogz — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:45:11 +0000

I agree that the majority of the vets I have known and dealt with have been caring, skilled professionals. I have great admiration for veterinarians – they train as long as medical doctors, go into just as much debt, and can never come close to earning as much money.

That said, there are a few horribly bad examples out there who tarnish the reputations of everyone else. If anything, it’s the ethical veterinarians who should be more appalled by this behaviour than anyone, since they are the ones who suffer damage to their reputations by proxy.

I just had two encounters with horribly bad veterinary care myself, but while I don’t believe that this means *all* vets are bad, neither do I excuse their behaviour because most vets are good.

I have been rather disappointed during our complaints to the Ontario disciplinary board about how unwilling some vets were to put their personal opinions of our case into writing. There has been a sort of circling of the wagons to protect a fellow vet that I am finding baffling to understand.

By: James Taylor

James Taylor — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:27:00 +0000

Whilst I was saddened at some of the treatment of the animals and of coursel disagree with some of the billing practices demonstrated isn’t it a bit naive to think that this doesn’t happen? I’m sure when vetenary practices become “corporate” this is more likely to happen? As an owner of 2 Labrador dogs do what I do. – take your beloved pets to a friendly open local vet. One where you are free to see the treatment given to question and discuss recomendations. Just as in any service you are buying talk to those concerned and if you are not convinced, walk away. I would recommend my vet to anyone and have the confidence to stand by that recommendation but he wasn’t the first vet I looked at. He is a credit to his profession and despite what we saw on last nights programme I am convinced he is a true representation of the majority of the industry.

By: Michele

Michele — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:06:36 +0000

I would have struck him off regardless of the MRI issue. His treatment of animals is highly indicative of his inability to care. There were many issues of this vet’s unprofessional practice. Leaving nurses to intubate animals and without proper supervision. One has to ask how many animals died unnecessarily under his supposed care!