Feb 05, 2022 09:22 PM
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Hi I am Amarnath(37M) I was admitted to Chettinadu, Kelambakkam, Chennai hospital for nearly 67 days for covid treatment from May 14, 2021
This is my own experience and it's a bit long post.
When I was admitted my oxygen level was low, during that time there was a scarcity for Oxygen cylinders all over India but I was told Chettinad Hospital had enough oxygen so I preferred to get admitted there. When I was admitted I was given a bed in the normal ward for nearly three days, I was not given much medication but soon I got a lot of problems with my breathing.
So I was moved to ICU. Have been in ICU for nearly 12 days. When I was in ICU my Oxygen level went very low, I had to be given 50 litres of Oxygen for two days. Doctors have suggested to buy some medicines worth Rs 50000 plus\ per injection. After taking the injection my body started to respond my oxygen level increased. I was given all kinds of oxygen support.
After 12 days, I was moved to a normal ward. In 2 weeks, I got my nose bleeding and it was a bit blackish. I told the same to Dr. Guhan and he suggested to take some tests by ENT specialist Dr. Shyamala ma'am. With some initial analysis, they have doubted it could be a black fungus and started to take the necessary scans. later it is confirmed I was affected by Black fungus and it spreads all over my sinus area.
I was given some medicines for that but doctors advised me that the problem could be more severe than what it appears in the scan reports, so they advised me to go to Apollo Hospitals and take the necessary operation to remove the black fungus. But I had much confident with the hospital and said I need the operation procedures to be done by Dr Shyamala ma'am itself. Which took some days because the necessary operation tools were not available in the hospital due to the nature of the situation in the second wave of covid.
After couple of days, I was told they are going to purchase the tools and then my operation can be done in 2 days. I was undergone the black fungus operation and as expected the severity of the fungus was high and then it affected most of my sinus area.
After that Operation, I was in the ICU for nearly three days and then moved to my normal ward again. After that, I had to be in the hospital for nearly one month, during the time Dr Guhan, Dr Radhakrishnan and Dr. Shyamala ma'am and physiotherapist Sathish all were very much supportive.
Apart from the medication they gave the proper counselling which helped me a lot to cross the tough times. My hospital bill was 20 lakhs but I believe it is comparatively normal with other good hospitals in Chennai.
It’s been 6 months now after my discharge, I am back to normal life, I can do all regular works. Still I am getting frequent health checkups and counselling directly as well as via phone calls from Dr. Shyamala Ma'am, Dr. Radhakrishnan sir and Dr. Guhan sir.
The Doctors, nurses and other supporting staffs were very friendly and caring.
Yes, it's costly, but compare with Apollo and some other speciality hospitals it's economical.
My rooms were spacious, clean, and maintained properly.
There are some cons which I also experienced. But I think it's common in many hospitals, especially during pandemic.
Apart from that, I would say Chettinad hospital is GOOD.
