POSTED THIS WEEK ON EX-AMMA WEBSITE ABOUT AMMA'S INDIAN HOSPITAL, AIMS (The nickname is short for "Amrita" something or other):
AIMS Hospital Organ Donation Racket? This article can be found at cultofthehuggingsaint.com Shaji said... Karen: I am extremely disturbed by what I read. No parent should have to go through such a nightmare. I hope you are successful in convincing your daughter to leave this cult. Recently, I had an experience which was much worse. This god woman runs a hospital in Kochi in India which is yet another scam. The following is a brief description of the course of events ... My dad walked in for a routine health check up on July 7,2007 at their health clinic and ended up being convinced by their so called experts that he had blocked arteries. The cult methodically isolated my parents from myself and my sister who lives in Chicago and much against our wishes my dad went in for an angiogram and they screwed it up royally causing his kidneys to go in to a shock. A routine test which nearly proved fatal in his case. The doctor did not perform a check to see whether he was allergic to the dye used in the test. They covered this up and kept telling my mother that it was his age (which was 70 by the way). After he recovered from this my Dad wanted to get out of there, but they would not release him citing his purported heart condition. Over the next week and half they systematically brainwashed my mother into getting him to undergo the angioplasty on August 2, 2007. His operation was scheduled for 2 AM in the morning on Aug 2. At 10 PM in the night on Aug 5, my mother was urgently called in to the administrator's office to discuss my dad's condition. She is told he has a leaky valve and they need a security deposit from her for $3500 to arrange for the valve and a triple bypass. She was in no state to make an informed decision, so she handed them the money. The operation was completed as per schedule and then the surgeon told her that everything was 'o.k.' and that my dad should be awake in the next 24 to 48 hrs. She asked him about the valve, and the surgeon expressed surprise and said there was nothing wrong with his valves, and went on state that my dad had 20%, 30% and 15% blockage in 3 arteries which did not actually merit a bypass. An angioplasty would have sufficed, but they performed a bypass anyway. My mother then confronted him with the security deposit bill she was charged for the heart valve replacement and the surgeon got irritated and told her to pick up the matter with the hospital accounts department in the morning. She went their first thing in the morning and was told that they figured out the error but she would not get the refund as it had been donated to the amrita hospital trust which performs free surgery for needy patients. My mother says it is a noble cause but does agree the manner in which the donation was made on her behalf and that too by deceit. They told her they will look into it once the final bill is settled. In the meanwhile my dad's condition worsened and he died due to post surgical complications. My sister and i were enroute to Kochi from San Jose and Chicago respectively when the death occured. My sister had a GSM phone with her so she got the news while in transit in Gatwick airport, so she immediately starting pressing the hospital for a post mortem. She was told it would be done. They embalmed the body instead of performing the postportem. My sister expressed dismay that the post mortem was conveniently skipped. I was oblivious of all this since i was boarding a flight out of Singapore while all of this transpired. My sister wanted to visually inspect the body but found it impossible since the whole body was covered in a tape, like a mummy. Due to Hindu religious beliefs she could not convince our family members to undo the covering. My sister was alerted by a colleague of hers at Smalley Bearings in Chicago about organ donation racket that was associated with this cult's hospital. Her colleague wanted her to visually inspect his back for any signs of kidney removal. We have been trying to uncover what actually transpired which sent a man visiting a health clinic to his death. At every step of the way we are continuously being stonewalled by this cult and the hospital. The hospital staff is totally uncooperative. We are yet to see the refund for the heart valve which was never replaced. We did not even get a breakdown of the procedures done and none of the medical records have been made available to either to us till date. We are planning to take legal action here in California and Illinois since Amrita hospital trust has an arm here in Pleasanton California. Again my sympathies are with you and sincerely hope that you get your daughter back soon where she belongs. I know how difficult it is to cope with a loved one's loss. Sincerely, S. R. Nathan San Jose, California
