Couple euthanise sick dog, only to realise hospital issued wrong medication; AVS investigating

SINGAPORE - A couple euthanised their long-term companion to put an end to the dog's months-long struggle with illness in its old age.

Dr Chow and her husband Shaun Koh, 44, lodged a complaint with the Animal and Veterinary Service and Mount Pleasant Veterinary Group , which treated Ah Bee at its hospital in Jalan Gelenggang. She added:"What we can confirm is that we have no reason to believe pimobendan had an adverse impact on his health or outcome."

But as Dr Chow cleared out Ah Bee's medications the next morning, she noticed pimobendan tablets labelled for another dog. A photo of the delivery instructions showed that the dog Romeo was to be fed half a tablet twice daily - a total of 5mg.Dr Chow said her family did not check the label at first as there were many tablets issued to Ah Bee. Having fed Ah Bee three doses of the pimobendan pills over two days, she feared they may have worsened his health in his final days due to an overdose.

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