RCVS disciplinary committee: Vet reprimanded for failure to provide adequate care

• Localización: Veterinary Record, ISSN-e 2042-7670, Vol. 176, Nº. 8, 2015, págs. 188-189
• Idioma: inglés
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  • THE RCVS Disciplinary Committee has severely reprimanded a Suffolk veterinary surgeon and warned him as to his future conduct after finding him guilty of serious professional misconduct at a disciplinary hearing last month.

    Frank Eric Ainsworth, from Lowestoft, was charged with failing to provide adequate care to a dog in July 2013, after diagnosing it with heatstroke. The charge included elements relating to Mr Ainsworth's failure to admit the dog for urgent treatment; failure to transfer the dog to another practice; failing to suggest euthanasia; and failing to offer adequate treatment advice to the dog's owner....