P.E.I. vet shortages force AVC to cut overnight coverage of small animal emergency service
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CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — The Atlantic Veterinary School’s (AVC) Veterinary Instructing Hospital in Charlottetown will not present in a single day small animal emergency protection for Island veterinary clinics as of Could.
The faculty stated the change is because of veterinary shortages on the Island.
AVC plans to supply daytime emergency service protection from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., seven days every week. Nevertheless, hours could also be decreased because of workers sickness, leaves or excessive caseloads.
Workers will prioritize important instances, with particular person instances triaged to make sure that sufferers with life-threatening situations obtain speedy consideration. If the hospital reaches capability on a given day, instances could also be turned away and secure instances could also be requested to return the next day.
The AVC will submit updates on wait occasions and closures on the hospital’s Facebook page. Pet homeowners are inspired to observe the web page for the newest data.
For the AVC’s small animal shoppers, the group observe on the Veterinary Instructing Hospital will proceed to offer main care and protection for specialty providers after-hours. In case of an emergency, pet homeowners ought to name AVC at 902-566-0950.
Small animal shoppers of different veterinary clinics in P.E.I. ought to first name their main clinic for emergency providers. These clinics can entry AVC’s emergency service as much as 10 p.m. if AVC is just not at capability.
Pet homeowners and not using a main care veterinarian in P.E.I. ought to name the closest clinic in case of emergencies. An inventory of the 13 main care clinics might be discovered on the Prince Edward Island Veterinary Medical Affiliation’s website.
If directed to AVC, pet homeowners ought to name forward for estimated wait occasions and capability data.
