Apollo Hospitals

Doctors gives a diagnosis basis symptoms and some tests, here its only tests, ********** ********** *** ***** *** ** *********** ********* ** **** ***** ******** ** * *** **** *** ***** ****** ** *** *** **** *** ***** ***** ******* *** ***** **** **** ** *** *** ** **** ** ****** ***********

Visited Dr. GIRISH NAIR in apollo hospital this Saturday, when I had a pain in my neck that was leading to a headache.

PHYSICAL EXAMINATION :-He asked me to tightly shut my eyes and release and made me stand with my eyes close ** *** ** ******* ******

Later was another story

He sat down calmly with his pen and paper and jotted down over 20 blood tests two MRI with contrast, two other neural exam

And referred me to another eye doctor for some other tests.

That was all the physical examination with a plethora of tests.

I when casually asked the receptionist how much would these tests roughly cost, she gave me a estimate of 60k.

I went numb

It took me a full goddamn day to Come to terms **** * **** **** * ************ **** ******* *** *** **** *** ***** *********** **** ** ********** **** ****** ******* ****** ** ***** **** ** ***** **** * ******** ************ *** ** **** **** ******** ** ****** ********** **** ***** ** ******** ****** ****

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I Wish I COULD POST MY PRESCRIPTION PAPER HE GAVE ME.** **** ***** ** ****** * ****** ******** *************** ** **** ***** ** *** **** **** ** *** ******* **** ****** *** **** ********************* ********** ******** ********* *************** ****

It was 29th December 2017 and we along with the whole world were waiting for the New Year to begin in 2 days.There was excitement in the air and suddenly my Mom in Law Mrs Surekha Kadam (71 years) staying in a remote village started complaining about severe headache. Me and her son, rushed her to a Hospital in Panvel. She was treated in ICU for at least 5 days but her BP didn’t fall below 220. We were waiting for the Nephrologists (stranger for us) who visited this hospital on Fridays as mentioned by the doctor there.

And then came the day when we met this ‘Life Saver”. At first sight- He looked over her reports and very confidently said- She requires dialysis as she is a CKD patient. We, the family members disagreed cause the patient never had any such symptoms earlier; but later accepted. He advised shifting her to Apollo in Navi Mumbai IF we wanted HIM to treat her. Genuinely he also gave us the option of other hospitals cause we were hesitant for Apollo due to distance and cost. But as said” Face is like a mirror” his confidence won over our dilemma and we shifted her to Apollo immediately.

Under Dr. Ravindra Nikaji’s treatment, my mom in law (Mrs Surekha Kadam) underwent the dialysis for the first time and recovered her BP levels and was discharged within 3 days. Over the time, my mom in law (being rigid) was unwilling to continue with the dialysis. She had also been hospitalized in emergency twice under unavoidable circumstances at 2.30 a.m, but due to his prompt response (Whatapp) he saved her . Further with the moral support, patience and kind counseling by Dr Nikalji, she is now surviving happily with the required dialysis twice a week.

Dr. Ravindra Nikalji, as the name itself says-He is that “Sun” who spreads his light of knowledge and confidence in the world and Indra who showers his patience, kindness, understanding and moral support to his patients and their family which makes him a good human .

Soon, it’s gonna be Dec 2019 now and I can see my mom in law turned 73 now) happily undergoing dialysis and also having her short trips of pilgrimage and attending weddings and meeting relatives often. ’She has got back her life” due to confident Dr Nikalji who believes “ Failure is Impossible”. We are grateful and fortunate to have found this God sent amazing Global Personality. He is in our prayers. I believe- Any Kidney problems- ONLY DR. RAVINDRA NIKALJI”@ Apollo Hospitals, Navi Mumbai.

Dr. Gautam is a wellknown orthopaedic surgeon who specializes in sports injuries. Initially I consulted him to have a 2nd opinion on my Right knee Discoid Miniscus tear repair. However, post the consultation I was able to clearly understand the right approach to deal with the injury and chose to be under Dr. Gautam for the full treatment. He provided a detailed explanation on the anatomy of my injured knee and the methods to treat the injury as well as the recovery expectations from this type of injuries. I have an athletic lifestyle and I undertake high intensity activies. Hence, post being on medication for few weeks I realized the requirement for a surgical repair of my right knee miniscus so as to resume full functionality as early as possible. Again, Dr. Gautam set the right expectations and gave a detailed outline of the whole procedure along with the recovery methods/expectations. Under his guidance, I chose the surgery date and went through the procedure. It was a smooth procedure with no complications and the recovery was seamless. My recovery was really fast and could walk without support/brace within a week. Now, it has been around 5 months since the surgery and I would say the knee is restored to almost 98% and I am able to undertake 98% of the high intensity activities that I would usually do. Thank you doctor!

I had a really bad sleeping experience over 10 years with gradual increase of uncontrolled snoring, gradually developed high BP & eventually diabetes, all due to Obstructive Sleep Apnea that was undiagnosed till Dr Rashmi got involved.

This was creating a life risk for me with lot of side effects and also creating disturbance sleeping for all family members over many years.

Dr Rashmi generated confidence to my family & me. It also helped that I was so distressed by that point that I was mentally prepared to do anything for alleviating the multiple health issues in life and mental load due to lack of uninterrupted sleep over the years.

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I had 3 surgeries (Septoplasty with minimal FESS, Tonsillectomy, and Bridge Pharyngoplasty) by Doc Menon over a 5 hour period at Apollo Hospitals, Navi Mumbai. 3 days stay was needed.

The nose surgery after effect was not at all painful unless you accidentally hit your nose, but the throat surgery after effects are a bit painful for about 1 week or 10 days max. One must have the larger objective in mind (life saving) and not crib about a minor pain during swallowing for 7 to 10 days, even the doc appreciated that I did not ask for additional pain killers. I was so grateful for the medical solution provided that I literally ignored the momentary pain for short while.

Apollo hospital was also professional in terms of medical services, but their support arms, i.e. the pantry services were not upto the mark about correct diet to a diabetic recovering patient. So in my mind the ratings are as follows -

Dr Rashmi - 11/10 (+1 marks for saving my life).

Apollo Hospital medical services - 10/10 (gave alternate cost options also, if patients need it).

Apollo Pantry - 2/10 (Cannot follow simple instructions from doctor).