Well, there are two sides to this practice. The specialists are fantastic. Dr Shaley, Dr Sadanaga, really all of them are the very best around except maybe opthalmology, for that I like Dr. Bowersox in Newark, Delaware. But the emergency side is a different story and in fact is under different ownership. The vets are mostly young and fairly inexperienced and rely heavily on batteries of expensive tests ka ching that mostly don't tell you anything. I find they lack clinical judgment and diagnostic skills and this practice is really bad about loading on charges for things you don't need. I heard that the vets get a cut of what they can talk the customers into spending, which apparently is common practice in these all night places. Of course if you need emergency care then you need it. Penn is ridiculous with the unnecessary stuff. VRC is not as arrogant as Old Marple but they don't treat you all that well once they admit your pet and they are really expensive with all the tests they insi
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