Medanta…The Medicity or the Hellcity

By Nandini Sinha from Gurgaon These are the thoughts which come to my mind, if someone asks me…should I  go to Medanta? Are the doctors good there? Well the only answer is… you can place your trust in God, but not in Medanta. And why do I think so? I lost my mother due to the sheer negligence and the casual approach of the surgery team and the nursing staff of the hospital. Please don’t think in any way that I am posting this because of sheer frustration and anger.…

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Why most health checkups are a scam meant to convert healthy people into patients

The message that prevention is better than cure has been drilled into us ever since we were children. This is one of the reasons that executive health checkups have become so popular. The promise is that they will help your doctor pickup medical problems early, so that these can be treated more effectively. Unfortunately, even though the logic is very appealing, the sad truth is that health checkups are good only for doctors, testing centers and hospitals, but not for patients ! Let’s look at why health checkups are being…

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