Dr. Shalini Joshi is our family physician for the past five years. She has always coped with us to provide a better experience in healthcare. As I have observed, there may be around 30 to 40 minutes of waiting time. The

Dr. Shalini Joshi is our family physician for the past five years. She has always coped with us to provide a better experience in healthcare. As I have observed, there may be around 30 to 40 minutes of waiting time. The crowd will be huge anyways and the management is striving for their best service. The only thing I would like to suggest to them is that they should extend the OPD hours in the evening session. So that the patients who might have to travel from long distances after their work can visit the hospital during these hours.

I was admitted to Fortis for Dengue treatment a few weeks back. Firstly during my first consultation, she was extremely rude and sarcastic about my condition and when I insisted to talk to my family before getting admitt

I was admitted to Fortis for Dengue treatment a few weeks back. Firstly during my first consultation, she was extremely rude and sarcastic about my condition and when I insisted to talk to my family before getting admitted, she advised me that I should talk to them only about marriage and nothing else!

The same day, however, I got admitted because of falling platelet count but unfortunately, didn’t change the doctor.

On the same night, my family arrived in the hospital. With a steeply falling platelet count, she was supposed to inform then about the procedure, protocol and need for the platelets transfusion, which include strict criteria for finding the suitable donor. The junior staff who visited me during the night created unnecessary panic and were also afraid of talking and disturbing Dr Shalini. Clearly, she is someone who commands through fear and intimidates her staff, from junior doctors to nurse to the blood bank staff, everyone was afraid of contacting her.

Later in the night a chaotic situation followed many rounds of discussions and due to the unavailability of a suitable donor, RDP (random donor platelets) were transfused instead of a better option (SDP single donor platelets) which could have been taken care, if the information was correctly communicated earlier in the day. The hospital staff literally asked us to arrange a donor at 11 PM in the night even though they could have foreseen this earlier. The doctor never bothered to inform my family anything about the time consuming process of arranging a donor, which is more difficult than arranging simple blood donors.

The next day, we submitted an application to request the change of doctor, to which she reacted by storming into my room and confronting me and my family without being sensitive of my condition. Her taunting way towards my family was not at all a good sight and clearly she lacked any empathy or compassion towards the patient.

Since RDPs are not readily accepted by the body, another SDP transfusion was required the next day after we arranged a healthy donor in the morning. thankfully, by then the hospital superintendent had accepted our request of change of doctor and after a thorough inquiry, provided us a new doctor.

Although i had been visiting doctor joshi for the last 3-4 years for my annual health checkup consultation, her true behaviour was only revealed during this critical time. Even in the annual checkup consultation, she used to act very cold and without any empathy towards the patient but i had really not expected her to be so bad!

When you visit a big hospital like fortis, you expect comfort and a sense of responsibility for the high price you pay. Unfortunately we were devoid of all this. If you don’t have 100% faith on her, i would definitely recommend you to request for a change of doctor immediately after you are assigned Dr Shalini Joshi because there are much better options available at Fortis.

I am been going to Fortis Hospital for my health check up since 2012. Dr Shalini Joshi was the assigned doctor 3 times. In my experience avoid her and take some other doctor available at that time. You can request at the

I am been going to Fortis Hospital for my health check up since 2012. Dr Shalini Joshi was the assigned doctor 3 times. In my experience avoid her and take some other doctor available at that time. You can request at the reception to re-assign to some other doctor.

So with Dr Shalini Joshi, she is always in a hurry. And you cannot ask her any questions. She doesn't like it and it will be apparent on her face. For formality reason she might answer one question half-heartedly. And when it comes to the medical reports, she will highlight with a pen the not-normal reading(which any human can read and understand) and will not explain what they are and what is causing it. I had high levels of uric acid in my report. She said to talk to a dietician about a healthy diet.

And in the reception area she will create a havoc. I have see her shouting at the receptionist for not sending patients on time. She has to leave by 1:00PM and if you are the last patient then you are wasting your time and money.

I highly recommend to not consult with her. If you have any other option please go ahead with that. And if you are in Fortis then you have tons of choice. When going for a health checkup, mention in the reception to not assign Dr Shalini Joshi.