Medisch Centrum voor Dieren

Super fancy, super expensive 24h emergency hospital and specialist centrum for pets.
For the price you pay here, I’d except emergency to be way better. I’ve needed them two times this year, once during the weekend in the first week of January, and there was not a single radiologist in Amsterdam available for an ultrasound on my cat (we needed to know if he needed surgery or not, asap — and yes, he needed it). There wasn’t also a surgeon available until Monday, and we came on a Saturday afternoon. They wanted us to go all the way to Utrecht with a cat spilling stomach fluids through his nose, so yeah… what an amazing emergency service, huh?
Luckily enough I found Caressa (nearby Slotermeer), where we ended up having the surgery and after care. Smaller place, not remotely as fancy/​modern, and yet way more personal — did I mention half the price? I felt way more comfortable and at peace there.
Unfortunately I have to keep coming back to see a specialist for one of my other cats (I have four). A couple of months ago I needed to get some medicines for the second cat mentioned: they called me at 15h30 asking me to be there by 17h — I live across the city so it takes me around an hour to get to Isolatorweg. I arrived 16h45, and guess what? All the vets responsible for releasing the medication were already gone. Talk about being mad for wasting two hours of my day (four, if we count the second trip the day after).
So mind those issues when bringing your pet here: they will do all in their power to help them, but for what they charge of the clients you’d expected things to be better and WAY more efficient.