The long-popular animal hospital in the shopping center at Diamond Heights has closed. A sign on their door says they were forced to file for bankrupty.
Their website carries this notice:
To Our Loyal Clients and Beloved Pets:
It is with our deepest regret that we are forced to announce that we are closing the Animal Hospital. The crushing economic recession has made it impossible for us to continue business and has forced the hospital into bankruptcy. With great sorrow, our doors are now closed.
We will miss the relationships forged with our clients and all opportunity to provide on-going medical care and health-wellness services. It has been our pleasure to serve you and your wonderful pets. Each and every one of you will be missed. As fellow animal lovers, your pets have a special place in our hearts.
To those among our professional community, We at the Animal Hospital have greatly enjoyed the professional relationship we have had with you, and we deeply appreciate the wonderful support and services many have given us during the last 3 years in which we operated the hospital. We maintain great pride in the fabulous team of support staff we had gathered at the very end and deeply regret losing them by our closing. Every one of them has left with our highest recommendation, and we hope you will consider them when you have need of great support staff and wonderful people.
To Obtain a Copy of Your Pet’s Medical Records:
It is our hope that clients seek on-going care at the San Francisco SPCA. We recognize the immensely important role this organization plays throughout the San Francisco Community. Furthermore, we will always appreciate the relationship we have forged with the San Francisco SPCA. Among our final thoughts of concluding business—having toured their beautiful new hospital and met their terrific team—we are confident and happy to recommend this hospital and its doctors. Patient records have conveniently been transferred to the San Francisco SPCA Veterinary Hospital http://www.sfspca.org/veterinary-services
Until March 31, 2010, The San Francisco SPCA Veterinary Hospital is pleased to offer former clients of the Animal Hospital of Diamond Heights free initial examinations with them as part of this transition. To schedule an appointment, please call The San Francisco SPCA Veterinary Hospital at 415.554.3030.
All phoned in and emailed requests for your pet’s medical records (within last 3 years) will be made available as quickly as possible by the staff of The San Francisco SPCA Veterinary Hospital. For the security of your pet(s) medical records and the safety of confidential information, please provide the name of owner(s) and the yearly age of your pet.
Please respond in the following two ways:
- Email (preferred) request to hospital@sfspca.org. The San Francisco SPCA Veterinary Hospital staff will reply with your pet’s records attached in PDF format as soon as they can. (Email enables them to provide your records efficiently and at no cost to you.)
- Phone requests to 415-554-3030 (San Francisco SPCA Veterinary Hospital). They can either email a copy of your records or print a copy for you to pick up at their hospital (201 Alabama Street) – these options would be at no charge. If you prefer to have a paper copy of your record mailed to you. (They will need to collect a $10 fee to cover the costs associated with creating a paper copy of the record and postage.)
We greatly appreciate your understanding during this extremely difficult time.
Sincerely,
The staff and owners of Animal Hospital of Diamond Heights.