Sir H.N. Reliance Foundation Hospital, Girgaon

Dr. Maulik Parekh performed a highly advanced cardiac valve procedure TAVR on my father to treat his Aortic Valve in Sir H N Reliance Hospital.

After initially finding out my father has Severe Aortic Valve Stenosis I was referred to a cardiac surgeon who advised us to do the conventional open heart surgery for valve replacement.

Me and my Family's huge fear was the Trauma of Open Heart Surgery, it's complications and more over the painful recovery process and long time for him to be back to normal. I was determined that at age 74 I don't want my father to go thru this painful surgery. To add to it, my father has a rare blood group (B negative) and he already has two stents in his heart from previously done Angioplasty and more importantly a traumatic and painful kidney surgery done in past which was always back of his and our mind.

After an extensive research to find an alternative procedure for valve replacement I learnt about TAVR. That’s when I started looking for doctors who perform TAVR procedure in India and if possible in Mumbai. I came across a very humble profile of Dr. Maulik Parekh with not much social media hype, but I studied his profile and saw his extensive experience in TAVI / TAVR and decided to consult him.

After consulting and meeting with Dr.Parekh in Sir HN Reliance Hospital, who came across as a very young, friendly but passionate doctor and very thorough about TAVR. He explained me, my father and my sister very patiently about every detail of the entire process of TAVR including the pros and cons. Despite my fear and worry, he walked me through each step with great patience and answered all my queries calmly until we felt satisfied.  This consultation gave me and more importantly my father a lot of confidence and we were sure that he is the right doctor for my father's treatment and decided to go ahead with TAVR.

The procedure was done on 15th February and during the procedure Dr. Parekh and his entire team were very professional and caring, and they showed me and my father tremendous generosity of spirit.

I watched Dr. Parekh's team interact and the way whole Reliance Hospital staff were comforting and kept me informed and assured as I stood outside the OT about each and every step during procedure. I will never forget how Dr. Maulik came out of the OT after completion of procedure, he had a big smile and was so happy and told me that the procedure went excellent and everything went without any concerns and procedure was perfect. He took me inside immediately and explained me the whole procedure on screen as it was done real-time. He asked me to meet my Father in recovery room and I was amazed that my father spoke to me and was sharing his lovely experience in the OT and how the staff of OT kept comforting him and interacted with him with comfort.

The recovery of my father post surgery was very fast and was discharged on the 3rd day of the procedure. He is recovering very fast and has already started doing his everyday chorus by his own.

The quality of my experience here makes me wish everyone should get such wonderful doctor and treatment in our healthcare system like I am glad I could give my father.

All thanks to Dr. Maulik Parekh.🙏

I tested my heart calcium CT score which came to be more than 2000. So we consulted interventional cardiologist they said that I have to undergo angiograpy. After going through angiography there were multiple blockages major blockages was in right Coronary artery LED and lcx was also partially blocked so I consulted many interventional cardiologist they all suggested to go for a bypass so then I consulted 3 to 4 major cardiac surgeons shortlisted by me who were specialising and doing internal memory artery bypass that is without taking vain from hand or legs in that only doctor Bipin Chandra Bhamre gave guarantee that he will not harvest any vain from leg or hand so I decided to go in for surgery with doctor bhamare surgery went on well at Reliance Hospital Girgaon. ***** *** **** * ********* ** ********* **** ** ******** ********* I was discharged on 8th day but the infection stayed so I had to take antibiotic course at residence ***** **** ***** ********** ********* through saline for 8 days the reason for infection was not clarified by the Reliance Hospital *** ****** * **** * ********* ** ******** ******** *** **** *** *** ****** *** ************ ******* After this antibiotic course was finished next day my blood pressure suddenly dropped and had to rush to Emergency Room of Reliance Hospital there all test were done including 2D Eco but nothing wrong was found and I was discharged in the evening. This costed around 15k additional for bypass surgery doctors *** ******** ****** **** **** * ** *** ******* **** **** *** *** * ****** **** **** **** ** ********* *** ******** **** ** I am writing this review after 6 months of my surgery my surgery was done on 12th January 2026 but firstly it was infection then severe stomach muscle pain which lasted for one month. Even after 6 month when I went to check up with doctor he said all symptoms ok. But before surgery had no symptoms but now during climbing of slopes I feel exhausted ** * ** ********** ******* **** * *** ****** *** ****** ******** For this exhaustion problem doctor specified some additional medicine for 15 days which I took but still there is no relief and Dr Bhamre is saying that all my symptoms are okay but i am not satisfied. * ** ************ ******* **** * *** ****** ****** ******* **** ***** ******** My surgery was cashless surgery through insurance with was very easily done insurance procedure at Reliance Hospital. The cashless portion came out to be around 7 lakhs at Reliance Hospital. Pre and post operative expenses total at around 2.45 lakhs out of which team charges are still not reimbursed by insurance company and few charges are paid by myself out of pocket. but there are team charges taken by doctor which are in the range of 1.25 to 1.5 Lakh from each person going through surgery my insurance company is still not reimbursing these team charges cost. ** **** ** *** *** ******* ********* ********** ** *** **** * **** ********* ***** *** *** *** *** ******* ****** *** *** ** *** ******* **** ** *** **** ** *** ***** ***** ******** ** ** ****** ***I think Reliance Hospital should allow these team charges to be taken directly at hospital so that, even that is covered under cashless portion.I was having no symptoms I went in for full body checkup calcium score came high. I had to undergo a surgery as per cardiologist advice.No one gave satisfactory explanation as I had no symptoms and when I asked about collaterals or weather I can continue my life as it is with help of statins they said it's a very high risk to take and I am must undergo a surgery.My angiography was done by Dr Ravi Gupta ***** *** ******* ** ********.There are various articles and studies that in angiography you can study the blood flow beyond the blockage. There are intra arterial ultrasounds which can guid you to a additional successful angioplasty. There are rotablators to remove arterial blocks.But unfortunately no interventional cardiologist suggested these procedures and never suggested that we could do Angioplasty more successfully in my case. they all said it is better to go in for bypass then to all these procedure. In my bypass surgery stitches were removed, 15 days after surgery half stitches were removed and 30 days after surgery full stitches removed I did not understand this stitch removal procedure in gap of 15 days. ** ******* ******* ******* ********* ******** ****** ** ******* ****** ***** *** *** ********* ********** * *** *** **** ********* **** ** ** ******* ****** ** ****** ********** the dressing waterproof dressing at Reliance is better. I requestted doctor to do same dressing as in Reliance because it gives satisfaction to patient hopefully in future dressings to other persons are done as per Reliance standard. I think no dressing charges or consultation charges should be taken additionally till Removal of stitches and up to 3 months consultation they should be included in cashless or team charges. * *** ****** ** ***** ******** *** ******** ****** ******* *** *** * **** ** ******** ** ***** ******** *********** ***** ******** ******* * ** ******** ********** ** ***** ** ****** ****** ********** ** ******** ** ***** * ** **** ** ******* **** ********** ****** ***** * ** ****** ****** *****After bypass operation it is very difficult to get up from bed or lie down its painful so I had ordered a motorised bed at residence the cost of which was not reimbursed by insurance.Difference between angioplasty and Bypass is that after angioplast you can resume your work within 7 days and in bypass you lose around 3 months of your work income. After my experience I will not advise anyone to go in for a planned bypass as in my case I did it. Hopefully everyone gets a good interventional cardiologist who can employ all latest techniques and do a guaranteed work of Angioplasty . I was supplied with my bypass surgery full video. I think only Reliance hospital or only doctor Bhamare are so confident of their work that they are doing so. I have not seen or heard of any other hospital giving full surgery video of any surgery procedure to patients* **** ** ** ******** ********** ** ** ***** ****** ******* ****** ****** *** ********* ********* ****** ** *********** *** ********** ******* ** * **** ** **** ** ***** ** ***********

Dr. Pritam Kataria is a very proficient oncologist in my opinion. A person very close to me was diagnosed of a rare form of lung cancer a few years back, that had already metastasized (reached other parts of her body) at that time. He was quick with his prognosis following a series of tests. We also consulted other oncologists about her condition as we did not know him well back then and they were in agreement with his treatment. He is a very empathetic person and can be counted on for a response even at odd hours. Unfortunately her condition was bad. Cancer is a disease that affects the entire family along with the patient and I think he understands that well. He is a very humble and patient person and he will guide you through all your options and be there for you throughout. She made a very impressive recovery due to his treatment and lived a lot longer than what we had anticipated back then. She was recovering and looked as healthy as ever when finally in 2019 we found out that some of it had reached her brain ** ********** ** *** ** ********* ** *** ***** *** ** *********** ******** Due to COVID-19 we weren't able to take her to Dr. Kataria physically because of all the inter-state restrictions and the scare but he was in contact throughout the time and changes to her treatments were made as per his directions. Unfortunately this time she did not make it, but I like to think we would've had a better chance had she been taken to him.

I visited Dr. Arun B. Shah at the OPD of HN Reliance Foundation Hospital with high hopes of getting proper treatment for persistent burning and numbness in my feet. Unfortunately, my experience was extremely disappointing.

***** * *** ********** ** ********* *** ****** ******** **** ******* ** ********* ** ****** ** *** ******* **** ********* ** *** ******** After I finished explaining my problem, he quickly prescribed an EMG test costing approximately ₹4000.

Before taking the test, I was informed that the doctor would be available until 8:30 pm to review the report. ******** ***** ********** *** ***** * *** ********* ** ***** **** he had already left the hospital at around 7:30 pm. My appointment was scheduled for 2:20 pm, yet I had to wait until 5:30 pm just to see him. It felt as though the doctor’s time was considered valuable, while the time of patients—many of whom travel long distances (in my case nearly 50 km)—was not respected.

The next day, when I returned with the report expecting treatment, he instead prescribed additional tests to determine the root cause. **** * ***** ** *** ********* ** ****** ********** ** ********** ** ********* *********** ****** **** ** *** **** ****** * ****** ** ***** *********************** *** ************ *** ** ****** **** ***** ** ************* *** ******* **** *** ****** ************** Patients deserve to be heard, treated with respect, and given proper explanations about their health.

I hope the hospital administration takes such feedback seriously. Patients should think carefully before deciding to consult this doctor.