The other day, my friend found an injured puppy in Midan Square.
People said that it was hit by a car half an hour or so. She called me and we tried to take the puppy to the nearest vet.
I called Animal Friend, but their ambulance was far away, and their place is not near to Midan Square.
I found one in Zamalek and called the vet to explain the situation. He told me to bring the puppy. After telling this to my friend I called the vet to tell him that the dog was heading to his place. Then he told me he was out of the clinic, but would return in 40 minutes. He said he'd tell his assistant to prepare for an operation. "Wait for me in the clinic!", said he.
40 minutes was a long time when the situation is life or death. But after failing to contact with other two vet near to the place, we decided to choose this vet. We said many times that we'd pay for the treatment. The vet kindly told us not to worry about payment now.
When my friend reached this clinic after 15 minutes or so, she found the assistant got no call from the vet, so no preparation was made. He told my friend that the vet in Tanta today, so it would take 90 minute or more to come here. When my friend called the vet, the vet asked the assistant how the puppy looked. The assistant answered without any medical checkup, like taking temperature or touching the body of the puppy. Then the vet told my friend, "it was all over with the dog, so what do you want?" What do we want? saving its life, of course, if there is even 1% possibility...
It was more than causing anger and disappointment, but we didn't want to waste time with this vet. We went to another vet in Zamalek. When the other vet began to check the puppy, more than 3 hours had already passed since the accident. Its temperature was 34.5. Two hours after using the heatpad, the temperature became 37. The following morning it was 38.
But the puppy died two days later. He suffered from concussion and bad fracture in jaw and severe hit on the throat and the chest.
Well, the injury seems too bad to save its life. From his experience, the first vet and his assistant may have thought that the puppy can't be helped.
But still I don't think the first vet's attitude is professional or conscientious. If he couldn't come, he should have told us to go to other vet immediately from the beginning. He was wrong to tell us that he would tell his assistant to prepare an operation, which in actuality he didn't do.
The clinic was [Moderated] in 32 Yahiya Ibrahim Street in Zamalek.
I may misunderstand the situation. But I just report what happened. I'll leave judgement to readers.