Friday, December 21, 2012

Are you a doctor?

Are you a doctor? What kind of doctor?
Apollo clinic claims to provide;
"The best clinicians in their fields. A commitment to the latest technology. A caring and compassionate approach to customers and families". I fail to see its validity and request you to help me understand the veracity of the above claim in view of the following experience.

My mom was a 'customer' of Apollo clinic Allahabad since  last 1.5 years. She has been a regular visitor and went to him with the shortening of breath problem among few others like allergy to pollen,dust, cold, loss of sleep, severe coughing, etc.
She was being treated for thyroid, which she seems to suffering since a long time. But the respiratory problems never alleviated. And this week she went to Artemis hospital in Gurgaon and almost immediately she was diagnosed with COPD (Chronic Obstructive pulmonary Disease) at severe stage with severe lung damage as well as ABPA. Do you see here how miserably has the doctor failed here? In spite being a regular visitor for over 1.5 years and reporting respiratory problem all the while it was detected only at severe stage. I mean come on. COPD is not a disease which happens to 1 in million or something which is very new. This being a chronic problem means there is no treatment.Only thing we can do now is to stop it from worsening and learn to live with it. You can't imagine how helpless I feel. I thought that amidst the era of burgeoning scientific progress diseases

Who is responsible for her condition? My Mom? Because she consulted a doctor who seems to be incapable of either treating or referring to an able person? Or the doctor who did nothing to stop the development of a chronic disease under his watch? Or the authorities who thought he is fit to provide consultation to patients?
I need answers to above questions and request you very humbly to respond to them within a week which I think is fair amount of time.

Saturday, December 15, 2012

Winter

Winter is here.We had around 10 inches of snow in 36 hours last weekend and everything outdoors you can fathom was covered in white.It is gloomy weather everywhere. Only thing you can see outside is grey, gloom.
Winter has never been a nice time for me. At least not in the last two years. Things havent been going 'great' work wise. I booked a ticket to India few months ago but it doesn't look like I will make it. Back at home Mom has been diagnosed with severe lung damage. Its COPD. For some reason even after continuous consulting with doctors it went away undetected and was allowed to get worse. After religiously following the doctor for 1.5 years if this is what you get, COPD at severe, stage then what's the point?
Right now I am furious. And dejected. And helpless. And don't know what else. I have been reading a lot of stuff over the internet about COPD and it is not exciting. Where did we go wrong? Sometimes you just fail to appreciate the positiveness in life. And it is this time right now. How can you keep up your spirit when nothing seems to be going right? I am out of ideas. But I am fighting.