My dog bled to death 2 hours after leaving veterinary practice

thick_tom

surely you have to sue the vet.

lincroft1710

hachette wrote: »

We all make mistakes and should take responsibility for them especially when life was lost because of it. It seems to me that the veterinary profession is untouchable and vets who are negligent are still in their profession as people are afraid to take action.

Having read on their website, the decisions reached by the Disciplinary Committee of the RCVS, I would say that people are not afraid of reporting vets to the RCVS and the RCVS do take appropriate action against vets and nurses who are guilty of misconduct.

http://www.rcvs.org.uk/complaints/disciplinary-hearings/

lincroft1710

earthstorm wrote: »

read what the OP stated


once you qualify you are always qualified, even if you go into another profession.
so after spending all that time to qualify as a Vet and then having to go and train at law school makes me wonder if he was struck off by the RCVS

I read very carefully what the OP stated, just found it unusual that he switched professions. Your theory may be correct.

earthstorm

lincroft1710 wrote: »

I read very carefully what the OP stated, just found it unusual that he switched professions. Your theory may be correct.

It seems the logical conclusion especially as both professions are long term Uni courses to qualify

jacques_chirac

lincroft1710 wrote: »

I read very carefully what the OP stated, just found it unusual that he switched professions. Your theory may be correct.

I trained with several people that are qualified as both solicitors and doctors, so!not that unusual

lincroft1710

jacques_chirac wrote: »

I trained with several people that are qualified as both solicitors and doctors, so!not that unusual

It must be costing someone a small fortune, not to mention studying for 10 whole years. I thought a friend of mine who did 3 years in the Sixth Form, a 4 year Uni course, then 1 year teacher training was overdoing it. He didn't end up being a teacher though.

jacques_chirac

lincroft1710 wrote: »

It must be costing someone a small fortune, not to mention studying for 10 whole years. I thought a friend of mine who did 3 years in the Sixth Form, a 4 year Uni course, then 1 year teacher training was overdoing it. He didn't end up being a teacher though.

I doubt many do the degrees straight after each other. The people I know initially practised medicine then qualified in law later in life. Given their specialist knowledge, the rewards certainly justify the initial outlay.

Ten years is not a lifetime in academic circles - it will take me that long to get to where I want to be

2013yearofthehouse

You can do a law conversion course ( which is either a 9 month graduate diploma in law or a 2 year MA) and a legal practice course for 1-2 years at uni if you already have an undergraduate degree in another discipline.

Sorry, not really on topic.....

Slowhand

hachette wrote: »

Things went wrong because she has chosen to ignore what was there in front of her eyes on the blood test result, CRITICALLY LOW PLT COUNT !

Don't shout, it's not necessary. Operations are regularly carried out on humans with low platelet counts. I've worked in haematology long enough ago to have done platelet counts manually. A low platelet count does not preclude a surgeon or vet from operating.

hachette

Slowhand wrote: »

Don't shout, it's not necessary. Operations are regularly carried out on humans with low platelet counts. I've worked in haematology long enough ago to have done platelet counts manually. A low platelet count does not preclude a surgeon or vet from operating.

With all respect there is a low platelet count and critically low platelet count. My dog's count was 14. There is no way any surgeon would proceed before sorting this by drugs or blood transfusion. Trust me I have read all about this for the past 10 months.