Visited Dr. Kalpana Nagpal (ENT/ Otorhinolaryngologist)
I would not recommend Dr. Kalpana Nagpal to anyone on this earth. ** **** *** **** ****** ***** *** *** she performed the Hemithyroidectomy on me on 28th Jan 2022. I had a right thyroid nodule of 3 cm which was Bening as per the 2 FNAC tests performe...Read moreI would not recommend Dr. Kalpana Nagpal to anyone on this earth. ** **** *** **** ****** ***** *** *** she performed the Hemithyroidectomy on me on 28th Jan 2022. I had a right thyroid nodule of 3 cm which was Bening as per the 2 FNAC tests performed a year apart from 2 different hospitals. I stay in Kolkata and I went to Delhi to get my nodule treated, I visited Dr. Nagpal and she told me that the size of my nodule is ideal for ROBOTIC surgery, the cost of Robotic Surgery was not at all affordable for us (as we were not sure if my company's insurance will cover such advanced procedure), still my mother was ready to go for it as the Robotic thyroidectomy as it is performed from Axilla, not directly on the neck.
After the surgery a drain was attached to the thyroid gland from the Axilla which was supposed to be pulled out after 3 days. I visited the hospital for drain removal on 2nd Feb 2022, from that day onwards I kept telling the Dr. that I feel like a drain in my neck and she kept ignoring saying it is just a post-surgery swelling, still I had doubts as I could feel it all the time. Therefore I stayed in Delhi for a month till my next follow up after a month of surgery, so in case anything happens I'll stay close to hospital bearing all the extra costs that 1 month costed me. During my 1 month post surgery visit, I again told her about what I can feel in the surgery area and she said it could be Muscular Fibrosis and there is nothing from her end to recheck as she is so sure about her procedures.
[After around 1.5 months of surgery it suddenly started bleeding from the incision followed with severe swelling and fever (which was due to the tube pinching the fragile skin from inside, I told her the same and she prescribed me **** ** **** pain killers and antibiotics, *** ****** ** ***** ** ***** ********* ** ***** ******* ** ** ***** *********
I believed her Muscular Fibrosis statement and thought that there must be something wrong with my body only and this trust on her caused me the most harm. After 6 months when I went to a hospital for USG Neck I asked the Sonographer to put the Transducer on that place and he said there is definitely something and suggested me to go for an x-ray. I immediately went for an x-ray which was clearly showing a 12cm tube left in my Hemithorax region **** *** ******** *** * *** *** ********* ******** * ******* ******** ****** **** *** **** *** ****** *** *** **** ****** **** ****** ***** ** ***** *** ********** ***** I directly went to Delhi after the x-ray and visited another Dr. for an opinion if that is actually a tube as I wanted to be 200% sure, because Dr. Nagpal kept calling it Muscular Fibrosis for straight 7 months, and that Dr. cleared that it can't be anything else than the tube. Next day I went to Dr. Nagpal and after seeing the x-ray first she denied and than she asked me where the tube came from (like if I got it planted myself or as if I know) then she called another Dr. from floor and asked my brothers to wait outside while she checks and she got hold of the tube and she was ready to PULL IT OUT CUTTING LAYERS OF MY SKIN ON THE OPD CHAIR THAT TOO WITHOUT ANY PRIOR CT SCAN OR ANYTHING, THAT TUBE WAS INSIDE ME FOR 7 MONTHS. I pulled back my hand and called my brother instantly, then she stared requesting them to let her try once on the OPD chair and it that doesn't work she will take me to the Operation Theater **** * *** * ***** **** ** ***** *** **** ** ******** ***** ** *** ***** **** **** **** She never cared about the risk of infection or severe bleeding, when I told this to other Dr's they too said any surgery is done in a controlled environment, but all she cared about herself, **** **** **** ****** ** **** ********** ***** ***** *** ****** ***
The Dr. who later performed the surgery made me go through CT Scan and several blood tests to be sure about the situation before performing the tube removal, by God's grace it came out at once.*** ****** **** * ****** ********* ******* *** ** *** *** ******* ****** ** **** ******** *** * ****** *** * *** *** ** * **** ****** ** my gut was so disturbed after taking so much Antibiotics and Painkillers, I still keep burping like 15 times a minute, *** ****************** **** ** **** ** *** ***** ******* ** ****** ** **** ********** Therefore I didn't want to go through more stress and pain living in Delhi ** *** **** ****** * **** *** *** ****** ***** *** ****** ** **** * ********** *** * *** ******* ******* ** **** ***** ****** ***** *** *** ** **** *** ******** *** ******* *** ** ****** ****** * *** ****** ** ** ***** **** ****** *** *** *** ****** ** ** ***** ****** ****** ** **** ***** I STILL REGRET AND CURSE THE DAY I VISTED HER.
I thought everything will be fine after the tube removal but the tube has made a path which is still not healed after around 2 months of my tube removal surgery, it is said to be a Scar Tissue which still causes pain and issues during swallowing.
**** *** **** ******* *** *** ********* *** ** ** ***** I HAVE GONE THROUGH THE SURGERY TO REMOVE THE MOST BIGGER AND VISIBLE PORTION OF THE Right NODULE, EVEN AFTER KNOWING THAT THE NODULE IS BENIGN. But she only removed the lower part of the Right Thyroid Nodule and left the upper portion which too had visible swelling, now as the lower portion became more hallow and upper one looks like a pointed thing on my neck. When I asked her th same thing, she said it is Benign therefore she left it, but the thing was I already knew it was Benign and the sole purpose of surgery was to remove the bigger and visible portion of the right side gland, *** *** ******** ** **** ************ ***** ******* * **** *** ** * ******* *** *********** ********* *** ****** *** **** ****** I have gained nothing the nodule is still visible, only thing is now I've more health issues do deal with, the tight Scar Tissue in my neck, my Gut, my mental health, the trauma I go through every morning after seeing my neck portion in mirror.
I am writing this review after 2 months of my 2nd surgery because I'm not at peace and going through a lot **** ******* ** **** ********* *** *** *** ** **** ********* ***** *** ********* **** she kept neglecting my problems.
When I shared my USG reports with her via WhatsApp, she didn't responded for 2 days then I called her if she can check it once, she told me that she cannot check anyone's report like that, 1st pay the consultation charges than only she will see them. Now I'm paying and going through all the losses *** ****** *** ****** ******** *** *************** *** **** **** **** *** ****** *** I'll not recommend this Dr. to anyone.
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