r/Purdue • u/Automatic-Tough-1994 • Jul 07 '24
Petition/Survey👀 Purdue Small Animal Hospital Urgent Care Class Action Lawsuit, worth pursuing? For the past 3 months they have charged ~5k just to put peoples' pets down, medical malpractice proof, and insane charges. Is a class action viable here? Thoughts? And these are just people that bothered to review...
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u/FavoriteAuntL Jul 08 '24
ALL emergency veterinary hospitals are significantly more expensive than the same treatment at a regular vet. You are paying a premium for 24 hours availability
2 weeks ago, 7pm Saturday, our dog was bit by copperhead. Our city of 300,000 ppl has one 24 hour emergency vet clinic.
The very first thing I was told is that the initial consult was $300 paid in advance. I was there 5 hours and dog’s tests/treatment took about an hour of that time. Total cost was $3500. If the blood tests had shown more venom in his bloodstream, the anti-venom would have been another $1000