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OUR VALUED PATIENT’S UNBIASED TESTIMONIALS
Cosmetic / Plastic Surgery Patient
Testimonial
Patient ID: MHDA
Patient Name:
Name withheld upon patient request (ask us
for reference)
Nationality : British
Date of Treatment :
Hospital Name : Manipal Hospitals
Treatment City : Bangalore
Doctor/ Surgeon : Dr. Anantheshwar
Treatment/ Procedure : Face Lift and Upper and Lower Eye Lid
Cosmetic surgery in India
Patient's Comments: A simple thank you is not enough for the wonderful care your senior
cosmetic / plastic consultant Dr. Anantheshwar has provided
throughout the procedure. He is a rare and valuable individual, a
true artist of the human body. He respects and recognizes the fact
that every one is unique (having different shapes and sizes) and
tends to each different goal and expectation with careful attention.
Through the entire process, Mediescapes India and staff have made me
feel at complete ease. From the calls to the consultation, to the
surgery to the follow-ups, every single person involved has been a
complete pleasure to work with.
I can’t even express how grateful I am for Dr. Anantheshwar amazing
talent and caring personality. I am truly blessed to have found such
a wonderful-genius surgeon. Thanks a million!
Patient ID: MHDAB
Patient Name:
Name withheld upon patient request (ask us
for reference)
Nationality : British
Date of Treatment :
Hospital Name : Manipal Hospital
Treatment City : Bangalore
Doctor/ Surgeon : Dr. Anantheshwar
Treatment/ Procedure : Breast Lift Cosmetic surgery in India
Patient's Comments : Just wanted you to know how pleased I am with my breast lift and how
much I appreciate the time and effort Mediescapes India spent with
me. Your consultation, recommendation and attention to every detail
definitely shows in your work. I honestly think that my procedure
was done to perfection. It has made me feel and look so much better.
I can’t thank you enough!
Patient ID: MHDABB
Patient Name:
Name withheld upon patient request (ask us
for reference)
Nationality : British
Date of Treatment :
Hospital Name : Manipal Hospital
Treatment City : Bangalore
Doctor/ Surgeon : Dr. Anantheshwar
Treatment/ Procedure : Breast Lift Cosmetic surgery in India
Patient's Comments : Thank you Mediescapes for giving me a refreshing look. Your service
standards are truly professional and I am quite satisfied with the
cosmetic surgeries that I received in India including soft and
professional attitude towards his patient of Dr. Anantheshwar.
Patient ID: MHDABA
Patient Name:
Name withheld upon patient request (ask us
for reference)
Nationality: British
Date of Treatment:
Hospital Name: Manipal Hospital
Treatment City: Bangalore
Doctor/ Surgeon: Dr. Anantheshwar
Treatment/ Procedure: Rhinoplasty with Upper Eye Lid Cosmetic
surgery in India
Patient's Comments: Just wanted to send a quite email to say hello and thank you for
your talent, patience, time and care. You have no idea how you have
changed my self-esteem and confidence—that is priceless! It was
lovely of you and very thoughtful. My family and friends say that I
am looking great. I am very happy with the results now and looks 20
years younger!
Patient ID: MHDAC
Patient Name:
Name withheld upon patient request (ask us
for reference)
Nationality : American
Date of Treatment :
Hospital Name : Manipal Hospital
Treatment City : Bangalore
Doctor/ Surgeon : Dr. Anantheshwar
Treatment/ Procedure : Facial Rejuvenation with Facelift / Neck
Lift, Brow Lift, and Upper and Lower Eyelid Lifts Cosmetic surgery
in India
Patient's Comments : People can't believe I am as "old" as I am, but they cannot tell of
any surgery performed. Mediescapes India's expertise in planning my
cosmetic trip to India was "not too tight—just right" Helping make
the medical trip arrangements and our trip to the backwaters of
Kerala, for example, would have been difficult for us without their
planning. We wish them good luck.
Knee Joint Replacement Surgery Patient's Testimonial
Patient ID: JHDPA
Patient Name:
Name withheld upon patient request (ask us
for reference)
Nationality: American
Date of Treatment:
Hospital Name: Jaslok Hospital
Treatment City: Mumbai
Doctor/ Surgeon: Dr. Ameet Pispati
Treatment/ Procedure: Knee Joint replacement surgery in India
Patient's Comments: On consideration, my medical trip arranged by Mediescapes India has
been like a sunny day. The people I have been treated by, the
nursing staff, the domestic staff, everybody without exception have
been delightful and I am very conscious of their efforts to make my
stay a happy one. Dr. Ameet Pispati of Jaslok Hospital was very
encouraging and a patient friendly surgeon that I have ever
encountered. My outcome was wonderful and much better than my best
expectation. Mediescapes India even arranged my seven sunny days in
Goa with visit to Taj Mahal travel package. They even arranged to
transport my handicap electric scooty all the way from Bombay to
Delhi for me to use during the recuperative holidays. I must say I
would have appreciated telling me the security problem of airlifting
my battery scooty from Bombay to Goa. And when I return to the USA,
when I have the opportunity, I will recommend your medical services
to the best of my ability.
Patient ID: MHDMA
Patient Name:
Name withheld upon patient
request (ask us for reference)
Nationality: Nigerian
Date of Treatment: 24th Sep. to 11th Oct. 2006
Hospital Name: MIOT Hospital
Treatment City: Chennai
Doctor/ Surgeon: Prof. Dr. P.V.A. Mohandas
Treatment/ Procedure: Knee Joint Replacement Surgery
Patient's Comments: On behalf of my family, I really want to thank you for your
Hospitality and love while I was in your MIOT Hospital. It beat my
imagination that your motto- PUTTING PATIENTS FIRST were expressed
both in words and action. I pray the almighty God reward you greatly
even as you are doing a great work for Humanity. We arrived Nigeria
safely.
Hip Joint Replacement including BHR (Hip Resurfacing) Patient
Testimonial
Patient ID: JHDPB
Patient Name:
Name withheld upon patient request (ask us
for reference)
Nationality: British
Date of Treatment:
Hospital Name: Jaslok Hospital
Treatment City: Mumbai
Doctor/ Surgeon: Dr. Ameet Pispati
Treatment/ Procedure: Birmingham Hip Resurfacing surgery, Patient’s
cataract surgery and his wife's Lasik surgery in India.
Patient's Comments: "India doesn't export its best doctors!"
Early this year I was diagnosed as needing a hip replacement for my
left hip. Aged 71, we had cancelled our private Health Insurance
partly due to the high cost for me and my wife (aged 72) but mainly
because, as a Type 2 Diabetic, about the only things I would have
been covered for were Hip and knee replacements and Cancer.
The following options were available:
1. Waiting possibly until January 2006 for an NHS operation with the
risk of MRSA.
2. Private Treatment at a local Hospital which I calculated would
have cost circa £17,500 (having already paid £1,400 for X-rays and
MRI Scan and consultation with the Surgeon). I was booked to have my
hip replacement on the 4th April 2005 but suffered a mild Heart
Attack on Easter Sunday the 27th March, as a result of which I came
out of Kingston Hospital within 3 days and checked myself into the
local private hospital for an angiogram (quoted at circa £1,000
including one night in hospital) followed by an Angioplasty the
following day (quoted at circa £3,000 by the Consultant) and charged
at over £6,000 by the hospital, with whom I am now in dispute.
Including the Doctors Fees, etc the total cost for 2 nights in the
private hospital was £10,500. I rebelled at this and sought an
alternative venue for my hip operation.
3. This resulted in finding The Horder Centre in Crowborough, East
Sussex where I was quoted just under £9,000 and I arranged for the
26th July, as I had to wait as least 3 months because of the Heart
Attack. The Horder Centre is a dedicated centre for Arthritis and
hip and knee replacements, but does not have full emergency
operating facilities, in case I had had another Heart Attack whilst
under general aesthetic.
On the 25th June there was an article in the Mail concerning a
British Businessman who was quoted a 17 month wait for back surgery
and who had decided to go to India which was going to cost including
first class air fares under £9,000.
I immediately followed this up on searching medical tours in India
Web Site and ended up with Mediescapes India in New Delhi, India and
their medical services in India website www.mediescapes.com, who
after seeing my sent X-rays and MRI Scan sent by DHL recommended
that I have my Hip Replacement at Mumbai (formerly Bombay) with Dr
Ameet Pispati in the Jaslok Hospital at a cost of £5,511 including
14 nights in hospital because of appointment dates issues. This was
accepted by us as my wife was traveling with me and she had also
decided to have both eyes treated with Lasik surgery, at a cost of
£834 by Mediescapes India. We traveled to Mumbai and back, First
Class, with Etihad Airways, the official UAE Airline with whom I had
traveled before, with a stop over at their hub in Abu Dhabi for
circa £1,800 each.
We were met at Mumbai Airport on the 25th July ’05 by Mediescapes
India International Patient Cell Representative and transported in
an air conditioned Limo to the Hospital, where we were installed in
a suite room, with a separate couch -cum - bed for my wife on the
16th Floor of the Jaslok Hospital overlooking the Mumbai sea.
From that moment we were treated with the utmost care and attention
and immediately visited by Dr. Ameet Pispati who is a young Doctor
with impressive qualifications including being a member of the FRCS
(Ortho) UK, and who had studied and trained in the UK at Southampton
and Birmingham (with Dr. Derek McMinn who was the first to fit the
metal on metal “Birmingham Hip”).
Indeed, although all three Surgeons I consulted in the UK would not
recommend a Birmingham Hip for me because of my age, Dr. Pispati
advised that he had fitted them up to age 73 and subject to seeing
me was advising a Birmingham Hip as it would give me greater
mobility and 25 years before any further treatment was likely.
On the 28th July I had my Birmingham Hip fitted with an epidural (my
choice) and the following week I had a cataract removed in my right
eye and a new lens fitted, in the same hospital, whilst my wife had
her Lasik Treatment (advance Wavefront technology) on the 29th July.
The total cost including everything and 5 nights in the five star,
Taj Lands End hotel, booked by Mediescapes India and some extra
Physiotherapy came to circa £13,000 and both my wife and I (who now
reads without glasses and apparently I have 20/20 long vision and
drive without glasses) need only small magnification for reading and
computer work, and I am already walking, without much assistance
from a stick.
We are very pleased with the whole trip and would not hesitate to
recommend Dr. Ameet Pispati and Mediescapes India.
Patient ID: WHDMA
Patient Name:
Name withheld upon patient request (ask us
for reference)
Nationality : American
Date of Treatment :
Hospital Name : Wockhardt Hospital
Treatment City : Mumbai
Doctor/ Surgeon : Dr. Malhan
Treatment/ Procedure : Birmingham Hip Resurfacing Joint treatment in
India.
Patient's Comments : After having been diagnosed with Osteo- arthritis in my left hip 2
years ago we began to look at the inevitable solution which would be
surgery. The Wockhardt Group came to our notice after seeing an
article about Mediescapes India in Strategic Health Care Marketing
Journal published from Rye, NY on 'Medical Tourism' in India. This
lead to look at the their website and after reading the details of
Wockhardt Hospital, Mumbai and the orthopedic team led by Dr. Malhan,
we decided to contact them.
From that point the whole experience has been one of total
professionalism at all levels. The International Marketing cell of
Mediescapes India answered all questions both medical and personal
promptly and precisely. We were picked up at the airport in the dead
of night and whisked (if that is the right word for Mumbai's roads)
away to the hospital. There was a brief administrative procedure to
complete and then upto the room. The rest of next day was taken up
by medical checks, x-rays etc. and a visit from the surgeon Dr.
Malhan and his team.
The Birmingham Hip Resurfacing operation was carried out on
subsequent day and after only 2 days I began physiotherapy treatment
with Dr. Ritu all throughout the nursing care has been faultless led
by the sister in-charge Gayathri. We received regular visits by
other members of the medical team as well as the Head of Nursing on
her rounds. Mediescapes Mumbai representative also made regular get
well calls to ask about my progress. The support services of
housekeeping, maintenance and catering were all first class
providing a total service that would be difficult to match.
In conclusion, I have no hesitation in recommending to anyone
considering hip surgery, the services of Mediescapes India and
Wockhardt Hospital and would encourage you to make the decision and
place yourself in the expert hands of this world class medical
tourism team.
Patient ID: JHDPAA
Patient Name:
Name withheld upon patient request (ask us
for reference)
Nationality : American
Date of Treatment :
Hospital Name : Jaslok Hospital
Treatment City : Mumbai
Doctor/ Surgeon : Dr. Ameet Pispati
Treatment/ Procedure : Bilateral Birmingham Hip Resurfacing surgery
in India
Patient's Comments : I would just like to thank Mediescapes India and Dr. Ameet Pispati
at Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai for making my bilateral hip resurfacing
procedure a successful one. From when I arrived at the airport to
leaving 23 days later, I never had one complaint. The surgeon was
reassuring and looked after me well. From the best of the staff,
from the top nurses all the way down to the guys who cleaned the
room it was all done well and me feel comfortable. The food was very
good and I had no complaints there either. I choose to fist visit
the Taj Mahal after landing in India and then going in for by
bilateral Birmingham Hip Resurfacing surgeries!
If anyone in the USA was thinking of having surgery in India and was
worried or apprehensive about it, don’t be. You will be looked after
very well. I must say a special thank you to the administration
staff at Mediescapes India, all helped me with my needs on a daily
basis.
Patient ID: AHPLDSA
Patient Name:
Name withheld upon patient request (ask us
for reference)
Nationality : American
Date of Treatment : 16th May to 31st May 2006
Hospital Name : Apollo Hospital
Treatment City : Chennai
Doctor/ Surgeon : Dr. Suryanarayan
Treatment/ Procedure : Hip Joint Resurfacing and Thyroid Scan
Treatment in India
Patient's Comments : The Mediescapes India website has been very informative and
appealing to our needs. All emails messages with Mediescapes was
promptly replied back to us, well explained each steps as how to go
about with my joint replacement procedure in India including
recuperative travel arrangements done by them. Dr. Suryanarayan and
his team were superb. All details that I asked to my Indian
orthopedic surgeon pre and post my resurfacing surgery were
explained with utmost attention. I would highly recommend
Mediescapes India and my case surgeon to the highest degree to
fellow patients wishing to come to India for their respective
treatments.
My personal apprehension at the onset of considering hip resurfacing
procedure, hospital stay, recuperation holidays at Fisherman's Cove
Beach Resort and other travel arrangements were completely
unfounded! The people of India, we have found to be very caring and
cordial and always smiling lot! Wishing you very best and please
don't hesitate to refer our email ID to your American patients and
if we can help you get more patients to India as part of your
company's medical trip packaging do get in touch with us anytime as
we found you to be too professional with details!
Patient ID: AHPLDSB
Patient Name:
Name withheld upon patient request (ask us
for reference)
Nationality : British
Date of Treatment : 27th May to 10th June 2006
Hospital Name : Apollo Hospital
Treatment City : Chennai
Doctor/ Surgeon : Dr. Suryanarayan
Treatment/ Procedure : Hip Joint Replacement Treatment in India
Patient's Comments : I was quite apprehensive going to India and leaving my family and
friends, however the courtesy afforded to me was second to none. The
treatment / nursing care was second to none. The only thing I would
say is that I would like to have been able to do more for myself but
it did no harm being spoil for a while!. My surgeon was such a
gentleman and most professional at all times so were the
cardiologist, physician and anesthetist.
The hotel arranged by mediescapes India was absolutely spot - on,
the only problem was that I felt closed in and being a free spirit
needed to spread my wings. Fisherman's Cove Beach Resort was just
what I needed fresh air freedom and quietness. I will soon write
individually to all concerned. Recuperation is continuing and all is
well. Thank you once again from the bottom of my heart and from my
family for the new lease of life.
Patient ID: MHDMAS
Patient Name:
Name withheld upon patient request (ask us
for reference)
Nationality : American
Date of Treatment : 15th Oct. to 31st Oct. 2006
Hospital Name : MIOT Hospitals
Treatment City : Chennai
Doctor/ Surgeon : Prof. Dr. P.V.A. Mohandas
Treatment/ Procedure : Hip Replacement in India
Patient's Comments : "Just a note to express my thanks for all your kindness during my
stay. The concern of the staffs on my well-being was very important
to me.” Thank You
To all the staff that so graciously took care of us while we were
here – every one has went above and beyond to aide us in every way I
have felt much honored to visit with you, while my friend had her
hip repaired. Thanks for all your kindness” Mrs. ********,
Patient Attendee
Patient ID: ASHDBA
Patient Name:
Name withheld upon patient request (ask us
for reference)
Nationality : American
Date of Treatment : 20th Oct. to 3rd Nov. 2006
Hospital Name : Apollo Specialty Hospitals
Treatment City : Chennai
Doctor/ Surgeon: Dr. Vijay Bose
Treatment/ Procedure : Birmingham Hip Joint Resurfacing in India
Patient's Comments : (Mr. ****** has worked at the Metropolitan Opera House as
Choreographer for 3 years, directed, performed or choreographed in
every major theater in the USA as well as prominent theatres
throughout the world in musicals, operas etc. He has taught Liza
Minelli to tap as well as worked with the great Gregory Hines. He
had the pleasure to work with Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo,
Carol Vaness, Bob Fosse. He has also coached the USA Women's
National Gymnastic Team as their Team Coach.).
Patient ID: ASHDBAA
Patient Name:
Name withheld upon patient request (ask us
for reference)
Nationality : American (semi retired living in Australia)
Date of Treatment : 29th Oct. to 9th. Dec. 2008 (includes
post discharge
Holidays)
Hospital Name : Apollo Specialty Hospitals
Treatment City : Chennai
Doctor/ Surgeon: Dr. Vijay Bose
Treatment/ Procedure : Birmingham Hip Joint Resurfacing in India
Patient's Comments :
Being able to walk again
with out pain, in a small way, is as emotionally uplifting as
being blind then being able to see. I
am now walking again, with out pain, thanks to care of Dr. Bose and
the services of Mediescapes India. I am a 55 year old male from the
USA semi-retired living in Australia. The cost of surgery in the
USA was out of the question and my health insurance in Australia
would not cover the operation because it was a pre-existing
condition. I was in constant pain or discomfort. My quality
of life had degenerated.
When I learned about hip
resurfacing, this is what I had visualized a hip replacement to
be: Simple, heavy duty metal for a big active guy like me, no
invasive bone removal, and little chance of dislocation. I had
made six inquiries to hospital's and medical tourism companies
in India, before I tried Mediescapes India. The other inquires
were slow in response and did not address my expectations.
When I e - Mailed
Mediescapes, the response by Arun Kumar and his team was
immediate and beyond my expectations. With in a few days of
exchanging emails with my medical records I was scheduled for
surgery in less than three weeks. When the Indian visa service
informed me a visa was not possible in the short time before my
flight I emailed Mr. Kumar. In 45 minutes Mr. Kumar had three
letters from Apollo Hospital on their way to the India
consulates in Australia and the USA requesting my visa be
expedited and I had my visa in three days. Beyond arraigning
the surgery, Mr. Kumar took care of all my travels needs in
India; hotels, resorts, and car hire. All at a good value. As
I write this I am healing at a most beautiful quiet beach
resort, near Pondicherry, for the same price I would pay to stay
at a run down hotel in bad neighborhood in a city in the USA.
The care I received from Dr. Bose and the staff at Apollo Specialty
Hospital was also beyond my expectations. The operation was
over before I knew it. The hospital staff attended to my
comfort with sprit of care and compassion that was overwhelming.
Much different than western hospitals, care and compassion is
not a thing of the past but a way of life in Indian medicine.
Nor exists the greed of
western medicine, the same operation in the USA would have cost
me six to seven times the expense.
Apollo Specialty
Hospital does two or three hip surgeries a day. For them it is
routine operation. For me it is common sense to use the service
that is the most efficient in their field. Especially when it
concerns your personal health. After I had chosen Dr. Bose but
not yet traveled from India, I was informed by a good friend who
did extensive research on hip surgery
through out the world, during
a two year battle with his medical insurance company in the USA,
which he eventually won, that I had chosen the best possible
surgeon in Asia if not the world.
After the surgery and talking
with other patients of Dr. Bose, who had been through the same
surgery I concluded: as did the other patients, that Dr. Bose
is, with out any doubt, the rock star of hip surgery!
Patient ID: ASHDBABA
Patient Name:
Name withheld upon patient request (ask us
for reference)
Nationality : American (Living in Japan)
Date of Treatment : 26th Oct. to 3rd. Dec. 2008 (with extended
recuperation
Hospital Name : Apollo Specialty Hospitals
Treatment City : Chennai
Doctor/ Surgeon: Dr. Vijay Bose
Treatment/ Procedure : Bilateral Birmingham Hip Joint Resurfacing in India
Patient's Comments : My wife XXX was in dire shape when we
finally realized she would need surgery. Both hip joints were
completely shot, she couldn't walk at all and was in constant
pain. After doing online research we concluded that Dr. Vijay
Bose at Apollo Specialty Hospitals in Chennai, India, was the
best in Asia (perhaps in the world) at performing Birmingham Hip
Resurfacing. We contacted Dr. Bose and were referred for our
arrangements to Arun Kumar of Mediescapes India. We had thought
of making the travel arrangements ourselves, as I am an old Asia
hand, but we turned the task over to Arun and I'm glad of it.
There were many complications to be dealt with, especially since
I didn't have vacation time left to accompany XXX to India and
help her through the airports. Arun overcame all problems
presented to him including an Indian visa waiting period so long
that XXX would have missed her surgery date if Arun and the
hospital had not helped organize a letter-writing campaign that
succeeded in expediting the visa. When I told Arun that the
beach resort he first recommended was beyond my budget, he
recommended a lower-cost alternative that turned out to better
with lovely smiling helpful staff. Everyone involved, from Dr.
Bose, the nurses and Mr. Mohan, the hospital coordinator, to the
staff of Ideal Beach Resort, where XXX did her rehab., was kind
and attentive. The only hitch came with my SIGNA insurance
policy, which turned out to have a rule I had not learned of
beforehand: It pays for only a semi-private room -- whereas the
foreigner's Platinum wing at Apollo offers single rooms only.
That cost me an unforeseen $200 a day. Otherwise, everything
went as planned. XXX, after six weeks in India and two
operations (both of them the "phase three" version of BHR, using
the largest fittings secured with pins in the femur, reserved
for the most severe cases), is en route home, looking forward to
walking normally in just a matter of weeks. We have only praise
and thanks for the brilliant surgeon Dr. Bose and his staff and
to D. Arun Kumar FROM MEDIESCAPES INDIA and the rest of his
world-class medical value travel and support network. |
