Lauderdale Veterinary Specialists

Lauderdale Veterinary Specialists, a 24 Hour Emergency, Critical Care, Specialty Hospital and Imaging Center in East Fort Lauderdale.

My wife and I brought our Bijon Frisee to this clinic this past Monday night. She is a prized AKC dog with whom we went to great expense and time to breed successfully. She was having an uneventful prenatal course and then to our excitement went into labor Monday morning. She had some unusual discharge so we brought her to this clinic. on evaluation, they stated she was fine and to go home and not to worry. later that day, she gave birth to a stillborn and was very lethargic. we again contacted the clinic over the phone, spoke with a different vet, and they said it wasnt necessary to bring her in. they instructed us to watch her carefully and reassured us that everything would be fine. by that evening we had enough and sensed that the dog was possibly in a state of arrested labour. we rushed her to the emergency room and were met by a Dr. Tocci who proceeded to tell us that we essentially were neglectful and that all the puppies should be presumed dead at this point. horrid bedside manner. she then asked us to sign a contract that would give her permission to charge our credit card a maximum of 600 dollars. she ran a bunch of meaningless tests (did a sepsis workup for what reason???) and an xray which she graphically described as showing only parts of some puppies along with dead puppies and a puppy in breach. she told us she was going to run some other tests and that we should go home and wait for her to call. well, she never contacted us. around 11p we were gravely concerned and contacted the clinic. she had proceeded to administer pitocin to induce labor. the puppy that was breech and presumed dead actually was delivered alive. thereafter a stillborn was delivered. we were told that the puppy delivered alive had a guarded prognosis. she would contact us for further details. again, no one contacted us. we found out early that morning that they had contacted my father in law instead of us at 3a, a man who is going through the throes of stage IVc colon cancer on his 2nd round of chemo and "obtained" permission to pursue surgery. we later found out an emergency hysterectomy was performed rendering this champion breed infertile for the remainder of her life. We never were granted any info regarding the clinical rationale behind this horrific decision making. I believe both malpractice and negligence were committed by both Tocci and the other vets earlier in the day who didn't properly sign out to each other nor provide the proper triage for this animal earlier in the day. now we are broken hearted, and the clinic along with Dr. Tocci has been harrassing both my father in law and my wife and I so she can obtain her $3900 fee for the surgery. Absolutely outrageous and disgusting. Dr. Tocci, you should be ashamed of yourself.

Lauderdale Veterinary Specialists offers emergency vet services in Fort Lauderdale. For pet 24 hour emergency care & other emergency services, call today!

Lauderdale Veterinary Specialists is not only a 24 hour emergency and critical care facility with modern, state-of-the-art diagnostic and imaging equipment, but it is also a referral hospital with board certified doctors in each specialty. The emergency service is always open for walk-ins\n\nFully staffed 'round the clock with experienced emergency doctors and veterinary technicians, we...

An amazing team of Specialists, ER Veterinarians and veterinary nurses have come together to form Lauderdale Veterinary Spec...ialists, a 24 Hour Emergency, Critical Care, Referral Hospital and Imaging Center. We are located one block east of I-95 and off of Oakland Park Blvd, on 10th Terrace. The exact address is 3217 NW 10th Terrace. Please stop by-we would love to show you around. We can...