Dr. Vidyadhara S.

I appreciate my Doctor as my savior. I woe him for his treatment and helpfulness and wisdom.

Based on lot of research and multiple suggestions from different people, I decided to consult Dr. Vidyadhara S (HOD Spine Department - Manipal Hospital) for my mother Renu Anand's spine problem as she was suffering from Leg pain & numbness since last few years due to her spine issue. While consultation he patiently examined deeply, listened to her problem and gave us the much needed confidence and advise to undergo a spine surgery L3/L4 and L5/L6 fusion/decompression. Because of his level of knowledge, confidence and expertise we did not give a second thought and decided to go ahead for the surgery. Her surgery happened last week on 18th Aug 2022 and I am happy to say that she started walking on the evening of her surgery date itself and as today its her 5th day post surgery she is improving everyday. Dr. Vidyadhara is a true gem and a Big Thanks to him for being so much more than I ever would have thought I could find in a senior doctor. Shoutout for a great team of doctors headed by Dr. Vidyadhara especially Dr. Bala, Dr. Ashish and Dr. Prabhakar for their guidance and support starting from the first day itself till today. I have never came across such a wonderful and a professional team of doctors who tirelessly work 24×7 for the service of their patients. Thanks to Dr. Vidyadhara and entire spine team of Manipal for the tremendous skill in performing my mom's surgery. Your talent and caring manner is a credit to the medical profession. You guys are truly a lifesaver... Thank you, again !!!

*** ******* **** ****** **** ******* **** *** ******** ****** ** **** ***** ** * ******* ** ******* My father in law's unfortunate encounter with Dr. Vidyadhar ***** ** ********My father in law travelled from West Bengal to Bangalore with the primary complaint of a strain in his stomach region due to which he was having some difficulty to stand straight. Dr Vidyadhar insisted on having an MRI of the full spine done before he would comment. After seeing the MRI reports he diagnosed him with myelomalacia, created a sense of urgency & insisted us to get him admitted on that day itself, for spinal laminectomy and fusion surgery. He explained the surgery would happen the next day, and my father in law would be discharged the day after, after making him walk. ** ******** ** * ** **** ** ********* ******* ********** ***** * ** ****** ** ********* *********** After consulting multiple doctors each of whom had advised surgery, we got him admitted in Manipal under Dr. Vidyadhar after a week, and was operated on the next day. After surgery when asked how my father in law was doing Dr said the surgery went fine and told us to ask the PAC team as his job was done. He showed a pic of the xray of his neck with a screw as proof of his successful surgery.My father in law was shifted to ventilation after being kept on post op for about 5 hrs during which his CO2 levels became 65 whereas for a normal healthy person it's around 35. He was slowly recovering in ICU and after 3 days he was shifted to HDU as in his condition all his vitals had to be monitored. On the next day he had to be ventilated again as now his Co2 shot up to 107 with all the monitoring. The doctors didn't feel the need to monitor CO2 even though the 1st time he was ventilated for Co2 retention itself. Dr Akhil and other doctors of the spine team had visited HDU but they had overlooked his deteriorating condition. We repeatedly informed the doctors about him ******** ********* but the doctors dismissed those stating they are post icu delirium and is normal. Only after the family intervened and took initiatives, they shifted him to ICU and provided ventilation.All this while Dr Vidyadhar and his team of spineless doctors acted irresponsibly and kept on insisting that their part was done* ******* ************** *** *** **** *** ** *** *** ***** ** **** ** ********* * ***** ***** ** ********* ** * **** ********** **** When asked about the CSF leak from the surgery site, the team kept on giving inconclusive answers.They displayed alarming indifference to our concerns, dismissing them and failing to provide adequate care. ** ******* * * ********** ***** ********** **** *** *** ******** ** **** ** *** *** ********* ***** ** *** ** * ****** ******* ********** ********** *** ** *********** *************My father in law fought for 13 days on ventilation. He walked into the OT with the hope of getting better but even after taking up so much emotional & financial burden ** ***** **** **** *** *** ****** **** *** ********* ** *** ***** **** ****** *** *********** ***** ***** ** *** ********* *** *** ***** *** ******* **** **** ** ****** **** ************ ******

I went to visit this Doctor for my mom's lower back pain issue. While explaining him the problem I found that he is not interested in listening to what I say and was focusing on only spine surgery. May be it is the only solution to my mom's problem but he should have enough patience to at least hear my problems. Anyway, I overlooked this and thought of going ahead with spine surgery since he was very sure that the problem will be resolved.