My mother were to undergo a cataract surgery under Dr. Anil Wani, Consultant, Ophthalmology Dept. During her first visit, he informed us that she would need to be operated upon on both her eyes as they had started developing cataract, and that they could be operated within a space of 7 days!
Naïve as patient is expected to be, we agreed. During the day of the so-called second check up, the doctor left us in the care of Junior Doctors and only brought us to his room to inform us that she needed to be admitted a day before the operation! Something unheard of for a cataract operation. Again we agreed. We felt puzzled as to why the doctor did not check her in person and why no diagnostics tests were done on her, like the mandatory blood tests.
Worse was to follow. The doctor, however, had by that time worked out a pro-forma invoice of the cost estimates, which ran up to a whopping Rs. 34, 000/-. Surprisingly, he had estimated a mere Rs.6, 000/- for the lens that had to be implanted! On further enquiry it revealed that the lens that he was trying to pass off was a very ordinary one.
A quick calculation would reveal that as per his estimates Rs. 28, 000/- was for everything else other than the lens, which should have been given the highest priority.
Needless to say we backed off.
Shame on you Dr. Wani! You have prostituted a noble profession.
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