DANGER: Found guilty of malpractice after giving cat third degree burnWe paid hundreds of dollars to have our cat's teeth cleaned at Cole Park and while she was under anesthesia, due to a misuse or malfunction of heating pads, they severely burned her on almost 10% of her bodyThe burn that they gave her was misdiagnosed by different doctors separate timesOur cat was left without pain medicine or proper treatment for four weeks We took her to the ER as soon as we found out what really happened and after seeing a specialty surgeon, she had the entirety of the burn and the dead tissue underneath removed and the two sides of her skin were stitched togetherThey cost her weeks of pain, a $surgery, a week in emergency medical boarding, and weeks of recoveryIt is shocking it did not cost her lifeShe was a perfectly healthy four-year-old catNone of this was necessary They volunteered little support or apology, only offering to attempt to fix the burn with a procedure they were not qualified to performWe have trusted all four of our cats to Cole Park Veterinary Hospital for many years and are heartbroken by the betrayal of both our loyalty and our trust, and by the lack of any sincere concern or remorse on the part of their staff I would not wish our experience on anyoneI would, however, strongly urge you to think twice before placing your animal in their care
DANGER: Found guilty of malpractice after giving cat third degree burnWe paid hundreds of dollars to have our cat's teeth cleaned at Cole Park and while she was under anesthesia, due to a misuse or malfunction of heating pads, they severely burned her on almost 10% of her bodyThe burn that they gave her was misdiagnosed by different doctors separate timesOur cat was left without pain medicine or proper treatment for four weeks
We took her to the ER as soon as we found out what really happened and after seeing a specialty surgeon, she had the entirety of the burn and the dead tissue underneath removed and the two sides of her skin were stitched togetherThey cost her weeks of pain, a $surgery, a week in emergency medical boarding, and weeks of recoveryIt is shocking it did not cost her lifeShe was a perfectly healthy four-year-old catNone of this was necessary
They volunteered little support or apology, only offering to attempt to fix the burn with a procedure they were not qualified to performWe have trusted all four of our cats to Cole Park Veterinary Hospital for many years and are heartbroken by the betrayal of both our loyalty and our trust, and by the lack of any sincere concern or remorse on the part of their staff
I would not wish our experience on anyoneI would, however, strongly urge you to think twice before placing your animal in their care
DANGER: Found guilty of malpractice after giving cat third degree burnWe paid hundreds of dollars to have our cat's teeth cleaned at Cole Park and while she was under anesthesia, due to a misuse or malfunction of heating pads, they severely burned her on almost 10% of her bodyThe burn that they gave her was misdiagnosed by different doctors separate timesOur cat was left without pain medicine or proper treatment for four weeks We took her to the ER as soon as we found out what really happened and after seeing a specialty surgeon, she had the entirety of the burn and the dead tissue underneath removed and the two sides of her skin were stitched togetherThey cost her weeks of pain, a $surgery, a week in emergency medical boarding, and weeks of recoveryIt is shocking it did not cost her lifeShe was a perfectly healthy four-year-old catNone of this was necessary They volunteered little support or apology, only offering to attempt to fix the burn with a procedure they were not qualified to performWe have trusted all four of our cats to Cole Park Veterinary Hospital for many years and are heartbroken by the betrayal of both our loyalty and our trust, and by the lack of any sincere concern or remorse on the part of their staff I would not wish our experience on anyoneI would, however, strongly urge you to think twice before placing your animal in their care
DANGER: Found guilty of malpractice after giving cat third degree burnWe paid hundreds of dollars to have our cat's teeth cleaned at Cole Park and while she was under anesthesia, due to a misuse or malfunction of heating pads, they severely burned her on almost 10% of her bodyThe burn that they gave her was misdiagnosed by different doctors separate timesOur cat was left without pain medicine or proper treatment for four weeks
We took her to the ER as soon as we found out what really happened and after seeing a specialty surgeon, she had the entirety of the burn and the dead tissue underneath removed and the two sides of her skin were stitched togetherThey cost her weeks of pain, a $surgery, a week in emergency medical boarding, and weeks of recoveryIt is shocking it did not cost her lifeShe was a perfectly healthy four-year-old catNone of this was necessary
They volunteered little support or apology, only offering to attempt to fix the burn with a procedure they were not qualified to performWe have trusted all four of our cats to Cole Park Veterinary Hospital for many years and are heartbroken by the betrayal of both our loyalty and our trust, and by the lack of any sincere concern or remorse on the part of their staff
I would not wish our experience on anyoneI would, however, strongly urge you to think twice before placing your animal in their care