Unbelieveable And Tragic

[lvpets2002]

That is so sad & sickening.. I had better NOT Ever wittness Nothing Like This.. I think they should use the Doctor for the demo ..

This is so sad. That poor dog. That surgeon should have his liscense revoked.

[Pembroke_Corgi]

How horrible. If that doctor had gone through proper committee I can't imagine that he would have been allowed to do something like that- put an animal through suffering, then kill it to make a SALES PITCH?

[Sevaede]

They should be giving HIM an aneurysm.

[lizbud]

How horrible. If that doctor had gone through proper committee I can't imagine that he would have been allowed to do something like that- put an animal through suffering, then kill it to make a SALES PITCH?

That was my thought as well. Noticed they never even mentioned
what medical device they were selling.

[mugsy]

By the tone of the article, it sounds like that doctor will be looking for alternative employment. What an idiot.

[cyber-sibes]

"Unbelievable and tragic" is right! I hope they follow through with some kind of punative action. I hope this doctor doesn't conduct medicine the way he conducts business! Cleveland Clinic is a marvelous organization, I have had several experiences with them, and was always treated with respect and dignity. They were a real cut above some of the other doctors I had to take one of my sons to.

[Catlady711]

Just read about that myself on a different webpage.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/nation...nstration.html

It had a little more information.


"The Animal Welfare Act sets minimum standards of care for dogs and other warm-blooded animals but does not prohibit their use in medical device demonstrations, the USDA said.

An aneurysm is an abnormal bulge in a blood vessel, which can burst and cause severe damage or death. The medical device that was demonstrated fills a brain aneurysm with a coil to stop bleeding.

In a letter to the USDA, the clinic said the hospital's Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee had approved the aneurysm being induced in the dog but not the use of the device on the animal.

The clinic allows testing on dogs for medical education and research and used 340 canines for research in 2005, according to USDA documents."

[lizbud]

In a letter to the USDA, the clinic said the hospital's Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee had approved the aneurysm being induced in the dog but not the use of the device on the animal.



What's the point of inducing the injury & prohibiting the device? I don't
understand any of this BS.




The clinic allows testing on dogs for medical education and research and used 340 canines for research in 2005, according to USDA documents."[/I]