Cardiologist in Bangalore

[RGV]

Hi,

One of my relatives daughter, just 5 months old is having a hole in her heart. The hole is increasing with the time. They have been advised to consult doctors in Sai Baba Hospital which has good facilities for the same.

Do anyone know the contact number of Sai Baba hospital or the cardiologist there so that I can contact them and fix an appointment? Financially they cannot afford huge cost involved to get operated from private hospitals like Wockhardt or Narayana Hrudalaya.

Other suggestions are also welcome.

[dhruv]

Visit SSB hospital immediately with the doctor's report. Talk to authorities and take appointment as asap.

[RTFL]

Hi,

Please visit St. John's hospital - koramangala.Service is good and cost is cheap.

Thanks

[gshankar]

Originally Posted by RTFL

Please visit St. John's hospital - koramangala.Service is good and cost is cheap.

let me put my experience in st. john's. One of my apartment mate was suffering from terrible stomach ache in the night. We had to visit doctor immediately and somebody suggested st. johns and we went there at around 12am. Following are the list of checks written by the doctor in the emergency dept:

1. chest X-ray ... not sure how stomach ache is related to chest
2. all blood tests ... again not understood how issue is related to blood
3. ultrasound test - make little sense
4. etc

Funny part is ... by the time diagnose is done (time 2am) patient forgot his stomach ache and said 'let us go home'. We had to wait for >30 mts (Dr. went to canteen for tea ) for doctor to come and tell us what the issue was.
Doctor at last said nothing wrong with the patient except little lever enlargement and bill amount was Rs.1500+.

St. johns treatment is prolonged one ... you get feeling that Dr.'s are doing some research on you.

Personal Recommendation : Not to go to St. Johns for treatment

[vikram]

The best place according to me would be Narayana Hridualaya. Meet Dr. Shetty. The hospital doesn't make money by advising unnecessary tests. Also, Dr. Shetty is a very senior doctor. I have been in contact with him for my Dad's treatment.

[munir]

Originally Posted by vikram

The best place according to me would be Narayana Hridualaya. Meet Dr. Shetty. The hospital doesn't make money by advising unnecessary tests. Also, Dr. Shetty is a very senior doctor. I have been in contact with him for my Dad's treatment.

Narayana Hrudalaya is also a pretty expensive hospital; thought the facilities and patient care is really very good. Generally, if you have reimbursement as a govt. servant or insurance company, it is OK. Otherwise the medical package for operation is high.

Dr Shetty is the chairman of the hospital. By specialization, he is a pediatric cardiologist like Dr Rajesh Sharma, who is one of the most famous pediatric cardiologist at Narayana Hridalaya. http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl20...5004103400.htm
http://www.narayanahospitals.com/

[RTFL]

Originally Posted by gshankar

Personal Recommendation : Not to go to St. Johns for treatment

I find the treatment in St Johns good in the day time i.e when you see the specialists. Night time at best you will get temporary aid, they will ask you to come in and see a specialist mostly if it is beyond them.

[munir]

Originally Posted by RTFL

I find the treatment in St Johns good in the day time i.e when you see the specialists. Night time at best you will get temporary aid, they will ask you to come in and see a specialist mostly if it is beyond them.

I have stayed at St John's for nearly 10 days( in 2000) with my relative who was diagnosed with kidney failure. I did not find the approach of the hospital good. They do not allow anybody to be with the patient when the doctor comes for the rounds at the ward and it is very difficult to communicate with them later. Also the worst part was one PG doctor directly told the patient in a very casual manner about the kidney failure in the first instance. This may not be the case always. But i found it really rude.

From facilities point of view, it may have more options eg. there are not many hospitals which do a kidney transplantation. But one strange thing of the hospital is: If some test can not be done at the hospital, they do not get that done in other premier hospitals in Bangalore; but they send it to Christian Medical college, Vellore with which they have tie-up. But this causes delay as in the case of one patient whom i had met at that time.

[yogi]

Hi RGV

For appointments and consultation,
1)Visit Sri Sathya Sai Hospital Monday to Friday: Morning 6AM- 11:30. It is better to go early by 6:30 or 7AM. For infants or younger people, preference is given when compared to older people above 50.

There is an alternate way to take appointment.
2)Send mail to adminblr@sssihms.org.in
giving the details of the case and you can FAX (FAX number:080-28411502) maximum 3 sheets of any information about diagnosis regarding heart ailment between 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM . They will respond at the earliest(not more than 48 hours). With the response from them, they can directly go to reception and can meet the consulting cardiologist at OPD. After that they will give the time for operation. For infants, it is really faster than other cases.

Buses from Majestic: 335A goes to SSSIHMS

Some links: Bangalore hospital :http://www.sssihms.org.in/
Puttaparthi hospital: http://www.srisathyasai.org.in/Pages...ts/psn_sup.htm
http://www.saibaba.ws/service/theycametheysaw.htm