Eugene, One of my cousin sisters husband passed away in the very same hospital 2 months back. He was on self-dialysis, carried his kit all the way from Canada on doctors advise. They were supposed to return to Canada after a week staying in Goa. On the last day they had been to colva and he ate something over there which caused food poison, he was rushed to Apollo Margaoa and was in ICU. After a month in ICU doing tests and operations, he finally left for Canada in a coffin! the bill was over 25 lakhs, but am not sure if u guys are covered under travel Insurance once you come down to India. My mom was rushed to GMC and they had to be amputate her leg, after she was operated in Apollo.
A few years back I had posted on this forum, two cases involving our close friends. The Docs in Goa Treated them for a year and finally recommended to Tata Hospital in Mumbai. When we saw the letters We knew it was Cancer case but the patients nor their relatives were aware of this. Agree corruption is everywhere, but this case u are playing with human life. The doctors who want to fight against the politicians should first try to fight the corruption amongst The doctors! Dev Borem Korum Eddie -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Eugene Correia Sent: 31 August 2011 10:22 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Goanet] Doctors and corruption I recently had a very dissapointing experience with Apollo Victor Hospital, Margoa. The day I went to meet the doctor I was informed that I would be admitted the same day and operated upon the next day for kidney tumour. The doctors there said I would also need angiography and temporary pacemaker as they found irregular heartbeats as I had undergone triple bypass more than 10 years ago. I stayed there for two days undergoing tests. My brother was asked to arrange for blood (three bottles) at night for surgery to be held next morning at eight. He said it would be impossible to round up people so late. But I got out of the hospital the next morning.
