The acute suicide crisis among veterinarians: 'You're always failing somebody'

Re:The acute suicide crisis among veterinarians: 'You're alw... by barkerja on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @04:03PM (#37849557)

Do you know how much it costs to maintain and operate an imagining (MRI, X-Ray, etc.) machine? Do you know how much it costs to maintain staff (doctors, techs, office assistants, etc.)

As someone that used to think the same way as you, and then got to see other side of the business (my wife is a Veterinarian who runs an urgent care facility) —— it’s easy to think the way you do without seeing the costs incurred on the other side.

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Re:The acute suicide crisis among veterinarians: 'You're alw... by ryaneager on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @04:33PM (#37849913)

Shouldn’t we as a society front the cost for the services ? I guess, socializing pet care is going to be a far step behind socializing human medicine and that is still a hot topic.

There is enough wealth created in our economy to cover these costs, and more, but heaven forbid a company not make more profit this year than last.

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Re:The acute suicide crisis among veterinarians: 'You're alw... by massysett on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @05:33PM (#37850527)

Absolutely not, no. I can think of no basis to demand that non-pet owners pay taxes to subsidize pet owners.

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Re:The acute suicide crisis among veterinarians: 'You're alw... by s1artibartfast on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @06:07PM (#37850924)

What a silly idea. There is nowhere near enough money in the economy to cover these kinds of costs for pets.

Every dollar in the economy is only 70k/person and the government already takes 28k/person.

Why would I ever want to pay exorbitant prices for your pet. I don't even want to do it for mine.

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