Veterinary Emergency Care Australia
Veterinary Medicine When Your Pet Needs Answers
Specialist internal medicine at VECA Campbelltown, inside a hospital that never closes.
Veterinary medicine at VECA is for the pets whose problems do not fit a 15-minute consult. A dog losing weight on normal bloods. A cat who vomits every third day. Our internal medicine team at 5/10 Blaxland Rd, Campbelltown works these cases through properly, with CT, ultrasound, biopsies and a laboratory all in the same building.
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Registered internal medicine specialist (DECVIM) leading the team
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CT, ultrasound, digital X-ray and in-house laboratory on site at Campbelltown
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Open 24/7, so admitted pets are watched overnight by our own vets and nurses
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Book directly, or ask your vet to refer by phone or online
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Afterpay, VetPay, Zip Pay and GapOnly accepted
What is veterinary internal medicine?
Veterinary internal medicine is the branch of veterinary medicine that deals with disease inside the body: the gastrointestinal, liver, kidneys, pancreas, lungs, endocrine glands, immune system and blood, plus infectious disease. It is diagnostic work first and treatment second. The job is to find out what is actually wrong before anyone reaches for a pet medication.
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Your regular vet handles most of this well. They refer to us when a case will not resolve, keeps coming back, or needs equipment and time a general practice does not have. Dr Matteo Bordicchia is a registered internal medicine specialist (DECVIM), working closely with Adam, our internal medicine nurse. When a case points to the heart, they work alongside our cardiology team, All Hearts, so investigations and treatment stay under one roof. Dr Chris Greenwell (BVSc, MANZCVS in Small Animal Medicine) also consults in internal medicine when needed. Consultations run at Campbelltown by appointment.
Conditions our pet medicine team treats
From diagnosis to treatment, we're with you and your pet
every step of the way.
How a medicine referral works at VECA
STEP 1: Book, or ask your vet to refer
Call Us Now on (02) 9129 5888 to book at Campbelltown. No referral is needed, but bring recent records and bloods so nothing is repeated. Vets can refer by phone or through the online referral form.
STEP 2: The consultation
Expect a long appointment: full history, examination, and a plain explanation of the likely causes. You get a written estimate before any testing starts.
STEP 3: Diagnostics, mostly the same day
Bloods are run in our own laboratory while you wait. Ultrasound, digital X-ray and CT are in the building, with CT read by board-certified radiologists where needed. Biopsies are taken under sedation or anaesthesia with a nurse monitoring throughout.
STEP 4: Diagnosis and a plan you can follow
Findings in plain English, the options, and what each means for your pet's daily life and your budget. Your regular vet gets the same report
STEP 5: Follow-up and medication reviews
Chronic conditions need rechecks, booked before you leave. And because the hospital never closes, a pet that deteriorates at 2 am on a Sunday comes straight back to the same building and the same records
How is pet medication prescribed, dispensed and reviewed?
Medicine for a pet is only prescribed after a vet has examined the animal and, where it matters, seen the test results. That is a legal requirement in NSW as well as good practice. It is why we will not recommend or adjust a pet medication over the phone for an animal we have not seen.
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Most medications are dispensed on site at the time of your visit, with written instructions and the side effects to watch for.
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Kidney, liver, thyroid and diabetic patients typically need repeat bloods to check the dose is right, and the organs are coping. If your pet is off their food or not themselves after starting something new, call (02) 9129 5888. A vet is on the floor 24/7 and can tell you whether to wait or come in.
Why choose VECA for veterinary medicine?
Specialist medicine is usually a daytime service in a building that shuts at 6 pm. Ours sits inside the only purpose-built 24/7 veterinary hospital in the Macarthur region. When a diabetic cat crashes overnight, or a dog with immune-mediated anaemia needs a transfusion at midnight, the notes, the blood bank and the treating team are already here.
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Cardiology, ophthalmology, surgery and imaging also run at Campbelltown, so a case that needs an echocardiogram or a surgical biopsy is not sent across Sydney to a second hospital and a second set of fees.
What does specialist pet medicine cost?
An internal medicine consultation at VECA Campbelltown is $299. Diagnostics are itemised before anything goes ahead: bloods and ultrasound at the lower end, CT under anaesthesia with a radiologist report at the higher end. Ongoing pet medication costs depend on the condition and the size of the animal, so ask for a monthly estimate once there is a diagnosis.
We take EFTPOS, Visa, Mastercard, AMEX, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung Pay, Afterpay, Zip Pay, VetPay and GapOnly for eligible insurers, and we can help with insurance pre-approvals before a big procedure.
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Veterinary Emergency Care Australia (VECA),
5/10 Blaxland Rd, Campbelltown NSW 2560
Open 24/7, 365 days a year.