Zasman Vet Islington
144 Liverpool Rd, London N1 1LA, United Kingdom
4.5
247 reviews
8 comments
GVQV+PC London, United Kingdom
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Monday: 8–19
Tuesday: 8–19
Wedneasday: 8–19
Thursday: 8–19
Friday: 8–19
Saturday: Close
Sunday: Close
Tuesday: 8–19
Wedneasday: 8–19
Thursday: 8–19
Friday: 8–19
Saturday: Close
Sunday: Close
Definitely recommend this Vet service for all your precious pets!
Although the the actual vets and one reception lady is lovely, the other was not.
My most recent experience my dog had been sick and we rushed him to Kensington 24 hour practice, to where I was told it could cost between £1000-1500 for him to stay over night and do blood tests. I pay £50 a month pet insurance so I am able to direct claim, but I was told I’d need to pay half. So I decided I would take him home and keep him hydrated myself and take him to medivet liverpool road the next day, I rang in the morning obviously stressed, I am young and this is my first time I have had an ill pet and ever had an insurance claim, I explained to the receptionist I didn’t have the money up front for this, and asked about being released if he still needed to be kept in to Beaumont animal hospital (they would only see him if this was the case as we had already taken him to Kensington Medivet the night before) to which the receptionist told me well everyone knows having a pet is a luxury and really you should have this money upfront. I couldn’t believe it. At a time where I was so stressed and wanted reassurance I had a receptionist telling me in so many words because I am not rich and can’t afford their extortionate prices I have no place in having my dog? So so wrong. She shouldn’t work in a vet if she doesn’t have basic customer care skills.
I have since told the vet about this and she has said she will have a word.
But I do also want to add no other vet has ever wanted to charge such an amount, I have lots of family dogs who have gone to other vet surgeries like Beaumont Animal Hosptial, Blue Cross, Vet 4 Pets and they charge around 1/4 of what Kensington wanted to charge me which is disgusting. I do not live in Kensington and couldn’t believe this was the only option. No one else would see me as well because I am registered to medivet, so once my dog is better and finished his treatment I will be changing vets main reason being due to rude members of staff but also the expensive prices in such a cost of living crisis. It seems like people are better of being on benefits because they will be seen to quicker and everything is discounted.
Luckily I went to PDSA where they shaved her tail, cleaned out the wound and told me that she would be fine as long as we had her cone on and kept her inside with medication.
She is now fine and her tail is fully healed but I'm disgusted that this vet would amputate so unnecessarily, without any real reasoning or further examination, simply to grab as much cash as possible. like I said they told me there was NO other alternative and she would die otherwise, and that was quite clearly a lie.
blow I attached a photo of her pre and post consultation