The following letter was constructed and will be sent to anyone and everyone who needs to know that veterinary hospitals now play God...
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April 2
To Whom It May Concern:
My name is Bruce and I own an adopted dog named Paco. Hes a Chihuahua mix from Miami where I adopted him before relocating to Connecticut. Hes a rescue-dog.
In recent months, I have experienced a few seizures with him which was very scary at first when you one has never experienced this before, but it short and he seemed to do just fine until a couple of months later where I experienced another seizure with him at this point, I dont know what the cause is. As of today, I experienced a very long seizure session with him to a point I thought he would pass out and not recover, so I contacted Banfield Hospital located within Petsmart Store here in Waterbury.
I have brought him in there on prior occasions for various (not threatening) reasons and thought they could have provided me some assistance for the immediate situation. I was in the midst of comforting him through his seizure as I was calling Banfield.
They indicated that immediate assistance would require immediate payment of $400 - $500 minimum. I advised them I am collecting Unemployment and have been unemployed for almost 2 years. I asked them if they could provide me a payment plan, but they rejected that offer indicating that I should borrow the approximate $500 from someone if I was to bring him down there. I havent had $500 to my name in almost 2 years, let alone for an emergency type situation.
When a human being has an immediate medical need, that person is immediately assisted by an alerted medical team (usually by dialing 911) and brought to the hospital for immediate attention the cost for the care is taken care of at a later date or payment arrangements can sometimes be agreed upon, but the hospital wont allow a person to die because he or she doesnt have hundreds of dollars on hand at the time of medical assistance.
Is there a right that Banfield Hosptial staff has the right to play God as to what animal dies and what animal lives based on available funds? Im unemployed and collecting unemployment does this mean Paco may have to die because I dont have the money to give them immediately?! Us, as human beings do we have the right as to what lives or dies on this planet? Is an animals life lower than ours to the point that an available fund a person has determines whether that animal lives or dies?
I may never get the answers to the questions I am presenting you with, but I felt very compelled to write your office to inform you of this audacity in the actions of this facility. I have no expectations to this letter, but if I can just be heard from someone who actually cares for life as much as I do even if its just an animal, then I think that maybe. Just maybe, something could be done about it.
I continue my prayers for my animal as well as my prayers for employment that will aide me and my best friend in my life who I care so deeply for Paco.
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