That is certainly something to consider though rather than incompetent, you might want to think inexperienced.
Not to say this happened to Freya, but it made me think about the situtation. Every vet starts with a patient. They don't loan them out to free/low cost clinics, they do their internship at the clinic where they are hired. A new surgeon should have a supervising surgeon. But one assumes in surgery as everything they get better with practice. I think if your pet is one of the first 10 specific surgeries a vet does anything that causes future surgery or medicine should be covered by the clinic. But, I doubt they will even admit that your pet was one of the first ones that vet worked on.
Not to say this happened to Freya, but it made me think about the situtation. Every vet starts with a patient. They don't loan them out to free/low cost clinics, they do their internship at the clinic where they are hired. A new surgeon should have a supervising surgeon. But one assumes in surgery as everything they get better with practice. I think if your pet is one of the first 10 specific surgeries a vet does anything that causes future surgery or medicine should be covered by the clinic. But, I doubt they will even admit that your pet was one of the first ones that vet worked on.