Doctor in Hyderabad

Uncle_Martin · Mar 8th, 2008, 20:43

My daughter is working in Hyderabad as a gap year volunteer ... she is working with children and has been suffering from one minor ailment after another ... as one does working with young kids for the first time. Her project partner has been having a worse time of it with gastric disorders beyond the normal flux as well as the recurring colds and grottiness one could expect. My daughter has been complaining about her sinus being bunged up which impacts on her hearing in one ear. Like her parents she tends to tough out illness taking the worst aspects of this from both of us. She would appreciate getting the name and address of a good doctor who is not expensive and is unlikely to just say "here are some pills, take them and come back if you don't get better".

These symptoms don't seem to be getting any better and the both of them have finally accepted, in the way of stubborn people, that perhaps the quality of their life and times in India could be improved by a consulting with a doctor ... who would need to be 'sympathetic' as she was the child who believed that gloves made her hands even more cold for several embarrassing winters.

Any advice would be much appreciated ... the advice of go to a good hotel and find the name of the doctor on call seems to involve just too long a chain of commitment and good intentions as she dissembles

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barefoot4kids · Mar 8th, 2008, 20:57

I had great luck at Apollo hospital. Try an ENT for your daughter, and an internist for her partner.
Lots of waiting. Lots of interuptions, but the cleanest hospital I have been in in India.

steven_ber · Mar 8th, 2008, 22:21

Yashodi Hospital on Raj Bhavan Road (not far from Hyderabad train station) is clean, efficient and reasonable priced.

Barefoot, you may have to wait till Monday for a reply, one of our Hyderabad members is away for a while, and a couple of the other helpful members are normally only here Monday to Friday.

Uncle_Martin · Mar 9th, 2008, 18:43

Sorry to be a bore, but ...

Thanks for the hospital info however given my experience with my youngest she would find a visit to a hospital 'difficult' as people she has loved have gone into hospital complaining about a minor ailment and come out in a box, with cancer etc. In addition she would seize upon the waiting time as an opportunity to bottle out, do a runner and practice denial ... not that she needs any practice.

If anybody does know of a 'sympathetic' doctor who could screen her and her project partner for possible ailments and probably prescribe an appropriate course of treatment/anti-biotics without over-medicalising their predicament, it would be a great help as I suspect she would not be a happy bunny should there be any suggestionof staying for tests/observation ... I saw a similar look of horror on my youngest cat who whilst being carried through the park in his 'escape-proof' transporter heard someone say "he'zuh bein' tekken t' VET in-he?" as he forced the lock and fled.

Trying to get anyone let alone a 19 and 3/4 year old to do the sensible thing in her circumstances is difficult enough. I prefer trying to reason with a cat, as the failure is easier to bear.
one can present the choice of going to this hospital its really good, make an appointment with this doctor who comes highly recommended, go with the insurance company doctor or carry on suffering ... and hope she picks a sensible option instead of wanting an item (the sympathetic doctor)off the menu.

She is based in the Secunderabad area near Begupet

Nick-H · Mar 9th, 2008, 18:52

19.75 --- adult, albeit young adult. She's either going to look after herself or not, too old now to be put in a box and taken to the vet!

Apollo will always have good specialists, often internationally trained/practicing, and their charges will reflect this. Still pretty small compared to a UK private hospital though.

Uncle_Martin · Mar 9th, 2008, 19:16

"19.75 --- adult, albeit young adult."

Yes Nick That is why I waited until she asked me to post a message asking about a possible doctor, before getting involved,

"She's either going to look after herself or not"

True, that's why I want to give her the full menu including the name of a doctor as she asked me.

"too old now to be put in a box and taken to the vet!"

If only life were that simple

Nick-H · Mar 9th, 2008, 19:42

A bit of a

from me then!

Not the first, and at least until the first three days of 2009, probably not the last.

Can she not get a recommendation from the people she is working with?

In the absence of being able to get a particular recommendation here in Chennai, I go to Apollo. Time is passing, and I's suggest she does the same.

Bigzero · Mar 10th, 2008, 13:41

I will go with some of the recommendations in this thread. Apollo, Yashoda etc should be decent options..

Mar 8th, 2008, 20:43	#1
Uncle_Martin Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: W.MidsUK Posts: 92	Doctor in Hyderabad My daughter is working in Hyderabad as a gap year volunteer ... she is working with children and has been suffering from one minor ailment after another ... as one does working with young kids for the first time. Her project partner has been having a worse time of it with gastric disorders beyond the normal flux as well as the recurring colds and grottiness one could expect. My daughter has been complaining about her sinus being bunged up which impacts on her hearing in one ear. Like her parents she tends to tough out illness taking the worst aspects of this from both of us. She would appreciate getting the name and address of a good doctor who is not expensive and is unlikely to just say "here are some pills, take them and come back if you don't get better". These symptoms don't seem to be getting any better and the both of them have finally accepted, in the way of stubborn people, that perhaps the quality of their life and times in India could be improved by a consulting with a doctor ... who would need to be 'sympathetic' as she was the child who believed that gloves made her hands even more cold for several embarrassing winters. Any advice would be much appreciated ... the advice of go to a good hotel and find the name of the doctor on call seems to involve just too long a chain of commitment and good intentions as she dissembles as

Mar 8th, 2008, 22:21	#3
steven_ber Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: London, England. Posts: 8,833	Yashodi Hospital on Raj Bhavan Road (not far from Hyderabad train station) is clean, efficient and reasonable priced. Barefoot, you may have to wait till Monday for a reply, one of our Hyderabad members is away for a while, and a couple of the other helpful members are normally only here Monday to Friday. __________________ . How to get helpful replies to your transport/Itinerary questions. Train information.

Mar 9th, 2008, 18:52	#5
Nick-H Loud-mouthed, Noisy Bird Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 25,300	19.75 --- adult, albeit young adult. She's either going to look after herself or not, too old now to be put in a box and taken to the vet! Apollo will always have good specialists, often internationally trained/practicing, and their charges will reflect this. Still pretty small compared to a UK private hospital though. __________________ . Just one member of the IndiaMike Mod Team

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Bigzero back to my old ways Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 1,443	I will go with some of the recommendations in this thread. Apollo, Yashoda etc should be decent options.. __________________ miles to go.... Bigzero's Photo Gallery

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Mar 8th, 2008, 20:57	#2
barefoot4kids Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Michigan Posts: 29	I had great luck at Apollo hospital. Try an ENT for your daughter, and an internist for her partner. Lots of waiting. Lots of interuptions, but the cleanest hospital I have been in in India.

Mar 9th, 2008, 18:43	#4
Uncle_Martin Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: W.MidsUK Posts: 92	Sorry to be a bore, but ... Thanks for the hospital info however given my experience with my youngest she would find a visit to a hospital 'difficult' as people she has loved have gone into hospital complaining about a minor ailment and come out in a box, with cancer etc. In addition she would seize upon the waiting time as an opportunity to bottle out, do a runner and practice denial ... not that she needs any practice. If anybody does know of a 'sympathetic' doctor who could screen her and her project partner for possible ailments and probably prescribe an appropriate course of treatment/anti-biotics without over-medicalising their predicament, it would be a great help as I suspect she would not be a happy bunny should there be any suggestionof staying for tests/observation ... I saw a similar look of horror on my youngest cat who whilst being carried through the park in his 'escape-proof' transporter heard someone say "he'zuh bein' tekken t' VET in-he?" as he forced the lock and fled. Trying to get anyone let alone a 19 and 3/4 year old to do the sensible thing in her circumstances is difficult enough. I prefer trying to reason with a cat, as the failure is easier to bear. one can present the choice of going to this hospital its really good, make an appointment with this doctor who comes highly recommended, go with the insurance company doctor or carry on suffering ... and hope she picks a sensible option instead of wanting an item (the sympathetic doctor)off the menu. She is based in the Secunderabad area near Begupet

Mar 9th, 2008, 19:16	#6
Uncle_Martin Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: W.MidsUK Posts: 92	"19.75 --- adult, albeit young adult." Yes Nick That is why I waited until she asked me to post a message asking about a possible doctor, before getting involved, "She's either going to look after herself or not" True, that's why I want to give her the full menu including the name of a doctor as she asked me. "too old now to be put in a box and taken to the vet!" If only life were that simple

Mar 9th, 2008, 19:42	#7
Nick-H Loud-mouthed, Noisy Bird Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 25,300	A bit of a from me then! Not the first, and at least until the first three days of 2009, probably not the last. Can she not get a recommendation from the people she is working with? In the absence of being able to get a particular recommendation here in Chennai, I go to Apollo. Time is passing, and I's suggest she does the same.

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