展望動物醫院

What to ask before booking

• 1How are consult fees and night/holiday surcharges calculated? Is there a public list or written estimate?
• 2Typical ranges for common labs/imaging — and is sedation/anaesthesia billed separately?
• 3Do you take chronic/senior rechecks? Can we send records and a meds list ahead?
• 4ER hours and referral path? Can non-urgent specialty visits be booked?
• 5Are Rx diets / chronic meds dispensed on site or external only?
• 6Visiting rules for inpatients, billing cadence, and itemised receipts?
• 7How are consult fees and night/holiday surcharges calculated? Is there a public list or written estimate?
• 8Typical ranges for common labs/imaging — and is sedation/anaesthesia billed separately?
• 9Do you take chronic/senior rechecks? Can we send records and a meds list ahead?
• 10ER hours and referral path? Can non-urgent specialty visits be booked?
• 11Are Rx diets / chronic meds dispensed on site or external only?
• 12Visiting rules for inpatients, billing cadence, and itemised receipts?
• 13Your listing says you focus on emergency/critical care and take no general outpatients — is routine care/vaccination really unavailable, and where should non-urgent cases be referred?
• 14How do critical-care referrals and the pet ambulance work (coverage area, cost)?
• 15How are MRI/CT and hyperbaric oxygen billed — can we get a written estimate first?
• 16Blood bank transfusions: how is crossmatching done and billed?
• 17What payment methods do you take (owners report cash-preferred)? Can we get an itemised pre-admission estimate (ward tier, monitoring)?
• 18Who provides daily inpatient updates, and what are the visiting hours?