My maltese puppy had a broken leg. We took her in to the vet... and scheduled for surgery, she stayed over night there. The next day, I called to check on her. The nurse said that they were just starting the operation. My husband later received a call from the nurse saying that they had marked and shaved the wrong leg. My husband repeated that, and she said "yeah, so basically she has a matching leg"... The next day, I went to pick her up. They went over the xrays and how to take care of her (with the medicine and to keep her cast dry). BUT they did not even mention about how they shaved the wrong leg AND cut open/stitched up the wrong leg.
The vet had given me a verbal quote on the first day.. he said "about eleven to twelve hundred dollars"... but I was charged about $1636 (full price was $1736, but there's a $100 discount). The operation was to insert 2 pins at a joint.
Is cutting the wrong leg malpractice? And is it wrong not to tell us? What about reparations?
2007-08-01
14:24:30
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Busy Bee
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