My younger brother was diagnosed with cancer about 3 years ago. He had intermittent fever and high wbc count. so the rural doctor sent him to velloor cmc. there, they diagnosed him for aml then they confirmed it is CML.
Pros and Cons of various hospitals
CMC Velloor
1. Very good treatment
2. Very crowded. You cannot get any rooms in the hospital. you will have to hunt for lodges and stay there and come to see the doctor every day.
RCC. Trivandrum
http://www.rcctvm.org/warning%20signals.htm
1. Very good treatement.
2. Very clean and healthy environment
3. Dedicated and experienced STAFF
4. Lowest cost of treatment
4. Crowded . you cannot even walk through the hospital.
5. rooms will be allotted to you after a waiting for 3 to 4 days. So go to the hospital immediately if you see any changes in your health like fever or any pain. then you can get appointment with doctor and book for a room. by the time your situatiion worsen, you will get a room. Dont take any chances and wait for the situation to worsen. if you reach the hospital in a tired situation, it is going to be hell. you will get admitted in a ward where your relatives cannot look after you and the staff in the crowded ward dont have enough time to look after you properly.
6. Need at least two bystanders. one person is needed to stand by patient to give food, medicine, cleaning etc. one person is needed to stand in various queues for medicine, laboratory tests, bill payments, purchases etc.
7. Long queue for Bone marrow transplant. the queue is at least 6 months long. so If ever the doctors mention to you that your situation is worsening , immediately book for bone marrow transplant. you will be optimistic that you will get cured, also the doctors wont mention this often. but keep asking then how can you book for the bone marrow transplant and once you book, immediately start searching for a donor.
Caritas Hospital, Kottayam
They dont know anything about cancer. Coming here is suicide.
My brother used to visit Dr. Gangadharan in Karitas Hospital as as second opinion. One day he visited the hopital with knee pain and high WBC Count. and Dr. Amos, the chief Dr. in Caritas said it is just a mild infection, no need to worry, just take these antibiotics and go home. The situation didnt improve, he went there again after two days with breathing difficulty and they admitted him. Even though the situation didn't improve and he started urinary difficulties, they didn't recognize it is the cancer getting worse. They kept assuring it is just a mild infection and my brother who used to blindly believe in doctors thought it is true. They kept him there for a week and on the day of the all india strike they told us that you should shift him to another hospital immediatly or he will not survive. We planned to go to RCC but they said he will not survive the journey to TVM and only option is Lake shore. We said OK please arrange an ambulance for us quickly and they declined. They said they cannot spare their ambulances because the ambulance are used to transport their staff to home. Luckily we got another ambulance and we shifted him to lake shore and he expired after 36 hours.
I suspect Caritas is running a shoddy business with Lakeshore and endangering the life of innocents to maximize their profit. May god forgive them.
Lakeshore Hospital , Cochin
3. young and good looking staff.
4. No need of bystanders.you just take care of the money. everything will be taken care by MBA graduates and hospital staff.
5. Except one or two doctors that they highlight for name, the treatment is conducted by young and inexperienced doctors. The Nurses and staff are also young and inexperienced.
6. Totally opaque. They will not let you know what treatment they are doing, what is the real situation, what medicine they are giving. result of routine tests, lab reports .. Nothing
7.Dr. Gangadharan is a good doctor, but he is dead busy. he will not attend you in any emergency. he will preform his daily rounds. that is all.
One last advice .
Any difficulty in breathing or urination is a very serious symptom. dont waste any moment. rush to RCC straight away.
Pros and Cons of various hospitals
CMC Velloor
1. Very good treatment
2. Very crowded. You cannot get any rooms in the hospital. you will have to hunt for lodges and stay there and come to see the doctor every day.
RCC. Trivandrum
http://www.rcctvm.org/warning%20signals.htm
1. Very good treatement.
2. Very clean and healthy environment
3. Dedicated and experienced STAFF
4. Lowest cost of treatment
4. Crowded . you cannot even walk through the hospital.
5. rooms will be allotted to you after a waiting for 3 to 4 days. So go to the hospital immediately if you see any changes in your health like fever or any pain. then you can get appointment with doctor and book for a room. by the time your situatiion worsen, you will get a room. Dont take any chances and wait for the situation to worsen. if you reach the hospital in a tired situation, it is going to be hell. you will get admitted in a ward where your relatives cannot look after you and the staff in the crowded ward dont have enough time to look after you properly.
6. Need at least two bystanders. one person is needed to stand by patient to give food, medicine, cleaning etc. one person is needed to stand in various queues for medicine, laboratory tests, bill payments, purchases etc.
7. Long queue for Bone marrow transplant. the queue is at least 6 months long. so If ever the doctors mention to you that your situation is worsening , immediately book for bone marrow transplant. you will be optimistic that you will get cured, also the doctors wont mention this often. but keep asking then how can you book for the bone marrow transplant and once you book, immediately start searching for a donor.
Caritas Hospital, Kottayam
They dont know anything about cancer. Coming here is suicide.
My brother used to visit Dr. Gangadharan in Karitas Hospital as as second opinion. One day he visited the hopital with knee pain and high WBC Count. and Dr. Amos, the chief Dr. in Caritas said it is just a mild infection, no need to worry, just take these antibiotics and go home. The situation didnt improve, he went there again after two days with breathing difficulty and they admitted him. Even though the situation didn't improve and he started urinary difficulties, they didn't recognize it is the cancer getting worse. They kept assuring it is just a mild infection and my brother who used to blindly believe in doctors thought it is true. They kept him there for a week and on the day of the all india strike they told us that you should shift him to another hospital immediatly or he will not survive. We planned to go to RCC but they said he will not survive the journey to TVM and only option is Lake shore. We said OK please arrange an ambulance for us quickly and they declined. They said they cannot spare their ambulances because the ambulance are used to transport their staff to home. Luckily we got another ambulance and we shifted him to lake shore and he expired after 36 hours.
I suspect Caritas is running a shoddy business with Lakeshore and endangering the life of innocents to maximize their profit. May god forgive them.
Lakeshore Hospital , Cochin
1. good at palliative care.
2. Peaceful environment. 3. young and good looking staff.
4. No need of bystanders.you just take care of the money. everything will be taken care by MBA graduates and hospital staff.
5. Except one or two doctors that they highlight for name, the treatment is conducted by young and inexperienced doctors. The Nurses and staff are also young and inexperienced.
6. Totally opaque. They will not let you know what treatment they are doing, what is the real situation, what medicine they are giving. result of routine tests, lab reports .. Nothing
7.Dr. Gangadharan is a good doctor, but he is dead busy. he will not attend you in any emergency. he will preform his daily rounds. that is all.
One last advice .
Any difficulty in breathing or urination is a very serious symptom. dont waste any moment. rush to RCC straight away.
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Thanks for the information! Good job and this will help a lot of people.
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