At 2 a.m., in a critical condition, the patient reaches the Venus Hospital. The patient was completely unconscious, body cold, BP- 60mmHg, semi-breathless, not responsive, blood oozing from the mouth.
Seeing this condition, the junior doctor panics, starts primary care, and calls a very senior and renowned MD doctor, Dr. Prafull Chhastitya, and he rushes to see the patient.
Relative: Sir, please do something and save my brother. 🙏🏻
Such a condition is seen, and no diagnosis is made. Four hospitals in 15 days, and 8 doctors were consulted, but blood comes out from the stool just like water from a tap.
CT scan, endoscopy, colonoscopy, nothing shows up.
Dr. Prabhu Sir: The patient’s condition is very critical. I will immediately admit him to the ICU and start all the necessary treatments, and I will also call the specialist for the stomach.
Relative: Sir, whatever you do, just do it well and save my brother. 🙏🏻
Sir: You don’t have to worry; we will do our best. The ICU in-charge doctor, nurses, and I have given everyone personal instructions.
All night, the ICU team and Sir work hard and give the patient a new lease of life.
I am going to see in the morning; the report is so bad that there is no point in asking… the patient’s survival is truly a miracle!!
But a very long battle was still pending… Where does the blood come from? There was no answer to this!
Dr. Prabhu Sir, I, Dr. Naresh Gabani, and Dr. Sanket Sherkar (stomach surgeon) after a lot of brainstorming suspected that there might be bleeding in the small intestines.
But there was no certainty about the suspicion… so a special plan was made
11 am: Doctors reviewed the old report and carefully checked the new report.
1 pm: All reports were fine except for the CT scan, which had a simple flaw. There were only 2-3 photos instead of 300-500 (usually there are 300-500 photos in CT scan).
4 pm: So, the CT scan was repeated, and Dr. Ruchi Patel (MD Radiologist) was specially called to check the small intestines!
6 pm: A small ball-like lump was seen in the new scan in the small intestines!!
The lump could not be reached with a duodenoscope 😣 and there was only one lump, not another, so there was no danger even in that!
8 pm: The patient’s last hope was that he had surgery and endoscopy together!! (Intra Op enteroscopy)
10 pm: So, a special team was formed at Venus Hospital at any time. The patient’s financial condition was average, so the hospital’s trustees requested to give a 25% discount for the surgery!
The next morning: After 2 hours of hard work, the enteroscopy and surgery were successfully completed 😊
Three days later, Dr. Prabhu Sir is on leave, so I and Dr. Sanket are meeting the patient, and Sir is on a call with the patient. The patient is back on his feet in three days!
Hearing the news on the phone, Dr. Prabhu Sir is very happy… knowing that this is someone’s little brother!
On the fourth day, Sir goes to meet the patient directly at the airport, and the relative who was crying at night says to Sir,
Sir, this case is now a stomach case.
MD doctors don’t need anyone now!! If you don’t come for the visit, we will be charged for your fake visit fees!!! 😲😲😲
Sir’s general ward visit charge was 400 rupees!!!
Indeed, this family is financially poor and mentally very poor! The doctor, who came in the middle of the night and saved a life, has charged his price for that too!!
Such mentalities are seen daily. 10% of the patient sees the doctor and says that Sir, this report, this medicine, this surgery is very expensive!
For society:
1. In India, medical treatment is the cheapest and provides the best value for money.
2. With a yearly premium of 10,000, a mediclaim of 5 lakh is available.
3. With 10,000 rupees, a family of Surat eats bhakri, locha, aloo puri for a year 😂😂
4. And if there is mediclaim, then what is the cost of the doctor who saves his own life and that too, the doctor who saves him?
The mentality of this family is poor both economically and mentally! The doctor, who came in the middle of the night and saved a life, has charged his price for that too!!
We see such mentalities every day, which means that they are mentally poor.