Comments on the dilemma in the March issue: Blocked cats and limited finance: an ethical obstruction?

In the dilemma discussed in the March issue of In Practice , David Williams described a scenario where it's late on a Friday evening when a long‐standing client arrives at your door with one of her numerous cats – Maximillian, an eight‐year‐old male domestic short‐haired moggie with a urinary obstruction. The practice has recently been taken over by a corporate company, and you know that there is now a standard operating procedure for such cases – a blood workup to check for renal function, a radiograph to localise the obstruction and a urine sample to evaluate what crystals are present. Following this, catheter placement under general anaesthesia should be performed to flush out the sediment and stone. The trouble is that the client doesn't have the money for such workup and treatment ( IP , March 2019, vol 41, pp 94‐95). What do you do?