Reviewed Medanta Mediclinic Cybercity - DLF Phase II - Gurgaon
May 30, 2016 03:36 PM
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Your Site is a disgraceful site and so is Neha Suneja Kapoor. I have written a complete explanation for Nandini Sinha's false, baseless and biased report following which she has removed her face book post. Others are now scared enough to withdraw it. I suggest that you ask Ms Kapoor to read this...Read more
Commented on nandinisinha30's review
May 27, 2016 11:37 AM
This is in response to Nandini Sinha’s post about her mother’s sad demise post Mitral Valve Replacement Surgery.
No words or no amount of commiseration can repair the loss or console the bereaved family but being a doctor myself and having faced the mudslinging on social media at least three time...s in my career spanning 40 years, I think that I must speak from a different perspective (probably unacceptable in the social media) and try and correct many misconceptions that creep into peoples’ minds because of anecdotal incidents.
I would like to clarify that I have nothing to do with Medanta, have never worked there and do not know the doctors involved in this case yet I feel grieved that such unfortunate accidents are used to tar the image of institutions and people just because the outcome was not as expected.
An analysis of the facts is therefore necessary.
That 6 months were spent in deciding about the surgery by the family is proof that adequate efforts had been made by the hospital and the family to establish the diagnosis and decide about the need for surgery. Presumably, second opinions would also have been sought. Therefore, I am sure that the surgery was medically indicated.
The contention that Valve surgeries are as simple as cataract surgery is grossly untrue. Even in the absence of any other associated medical illness eg diabetes, the 30 day mortality of mitral valve replacement surgery in females is 6.54%, even in the USA. (http://content.onlinejacc.org/article.aspx?articleid=1127024)
The patient went home in two weeks after due tests having been carried out and seems to have been recovering well for 6 weeks except incisional pain. There is therefore till this stage , no evidence of any problem with the surgery or that the surgeons at Medanta were negligent or callous or uncaring.
In this context, it is important to talk about theissue about the 4 lacs. Whenever a patient is admitted for surgery, a slip is for financial clearance is sent by the nRead More
