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🗓️ 9 March 2023
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After Hours: What’s Behind America’s Veterinarian Shortage?
It’s getting more difficult to get out pets the critical medical care they need. Sometimes, it’s costing animals their lives.
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| 0:31.0 | Hi everybody, Cheryl Ackison here. |
| 0:34.8 | Welcome to another edition of Full Measure After Hours. |
| 0:38.2 | Today, I'll look into a crisis in pet care, America's Great Veterinarian Shortage. |
| 0:52.8 | Doesn't it seem like so much has changed just the past couple of years? |
| 0:57.2 | We can no longer count on for sure getting a specific product at the grocery store or |
| 1:01.8 | a retail store if we need it because it might not be there. |
| 1:06.4 | Service is bad at places. |
| 1:07.8 | There are restaurants and businesses that have closed. |
| 1:11.3 | There are others who can't find good workers so they've limited their hours. |
| 1:16.4 | They may have problems getting products so the menu is restricted. |
| 1:21.4 | On another level, it's hard to get in to see the doctor. |
| 1:24.4 | You have to wait for appointments sometimes a really long time. |
| 1:28.8 | Sometimes you even have to wait for what used to constitute emergency surgery. |
| 1:33.8 | All law costs keep going up and up and up. |
| 1:38.5 | And it's gotten harder in many places to get care for our pets, maybe you've noticed. |
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