Gungahlin Veterinary Hospital will be closed over the Christmas/New Year break as follows:-

• Closed from 2.00pm Christmas Eve – Tuesday 24 December,
• Closed Christmas Day – Wednesday 25 December,
• Closed Boxing Day – Thursday 26 December

We reopen on Friday 27 December normal trading hours.

• Closed from 4.00pm New Years Eve – Tuesday 31 December,
• Closed New Years Day – Wednesday 1 January

We reopen on Thursday 2nd January normal trading hours.

Our wonderful colleagues at Canberra Veterinary Emergency Services will be open during the holiday period. Please refer to their FB page or website page https://cves.com.au for opening hours. These amazing colleagues go above and beyond to care for your pets, please be kind to this amazing team as they give up their time with their families to care for your pet.

We wish everyone a safe and wonderful Christmas and New Year’s from all of us at GVH.

Gungahlin Veterinary Hospital is one of the premier veterinary practices in the ACT, with a team of experienced and highly-skilled veterinarians, caring, trained veterinary nurses, dedicated receptionists and support staff.

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Gungahlin Cat Hospital, located next door to Gungahlin Veterinary Hospital, is a feline-friendly cat-specific veterinary hospital. Gungahlin Cat Hospital has been specially designed to meet the unique needs of cats – focusing on making veterinary visits as stress-free as possible.

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ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY

Gungahlin Veterinary Hospital is committed to providing a safe work environment for all staff members to eliminate or reduce the risk to the employee’s health and safety.

All our Staff are here to HELP YOU and your pet and have a right to work in a SAFE and SUPPORTIVE environment.

We operate in a ZERO tolerance policy.

ANY aggressive, abusive, violent, or threatening behaviour, whether verbal (shouting, swearing etc) or physical towards our staff will NOT be tolerated or accepted.

Any client found in breach of this policy may be refused service by Gungahlin Veterinary Hospital and need to find alternative veterinary care. We will forward your pet’s records to the vet of your choice

Please respect our team who are here to look after you and your pet.

This article is an account of a Vet burning out and why which is a good insight into what our team go through.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/veterinarian-tech-burnout-sick-pets_n_6333117fe4b0b7f89f39eca0

Article courtesy of Huffpost website.

FLU LIKE SYMPTOMS

To keep our staff safe, please rethink your visit if you have any flu-like symptoms to ensure our staff are protected.

We highly recommend still practicing social distancing and wearing a mask if you have symptoms or are unwell.

Hand sanitizer is provided for your use on entry to our practice.

If do have symptoms and still need to come in, please remain in your car, and telephone us on 6242 7276 and we will advise if the vet can do a carpark consult.

We appreciate your cooperation and understanding.