The Veterinary Industrial Complex
My Big Dog Nigel became seriously ill recently and in the end and after more than 15 days of not eating and many vet visits to two different vets, multiple medications and innumerable tests (all incon...
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4X4Dodger wrote:
Secondly my main point about large vet practices and the amount of money they MUST bring in to pay the salaries, overhead, service debt et. al are real world and there is no denying that there HAS to be tremendous pressure to increase income at every opportunity to meet those costs, to say nothing of profit or a decent living for the Vet.
It depends on what the extra employees are doing. Are they really unneeded, a product of poor management? Then sure prices will have to be raised to meet the extra cost. Or are they productive employees who are bringing in money to the practice--are they groomers and boarding kennel attendants and things like that? If so they're making money for the clinic. In most clinics nowadays the vets aren't the only ones who generate income.
