Dr. Kalpana Bharani Kumar
MBBS, Member of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (MRCPCH, London, Glasgow or Edinburgh)
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Dr Kalpana Bharani Kumar graduated from the Govt., Stanley Stanley Medical College in 1999. She pursued her Paediatric and higher specialist training in the UK. She obtained MRCPCH (Member of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, UK) in 2004. She underwent a five year post membership rotational training in Paediatrics and Neonates inclusive of other subspecialties such as paediatric respiratory, gastroenterology, endocrinology, oncology and intensive care in Cardiff, UK and obtained her CCT (Certificate of Completion of Training) in 2010. Her overall experience in the field is over 23 years. Post CCT she worked as a Senior Clinical Fellow for 2 years in the tertiary Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff. She was awarded the FRCPCH in 2017. Upon returning to India in 2012, she has been working as a consultant in Paediatrics and Neonates since. Currently she is working at Meridian Hospital, Chennai.She is a Newborn Life support and Advanced Paediatric Life Support provider. She also holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Paediatric Nutrition. She has presented in a number of CME programmes and Paediatric conferences. She is a member of the Indian Medical Association, Indian Academy of Paediatrics, General Medical Council (UK) and Fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, UK
Patient Stories for Dr. Kalpana Bharani Kumar
The doctor explained everything clearly and I had a smooth visit with no issues regarding staff behavior or wait time. Overall, my experience was very positive and I would recommend the doctor.
The doctor provided a good experience during the vaccination and explained everything clearly. The patient seemed satisfied with the visit.
*** ******* ******* ***** ** *** ** *** **** ************* I would recommend. She is very kind and gentle, explains the causes and diagnosis clearly, and provides perfect explanations about vaccinations. The consultation fees are affordable, and the clinic is tidy and comfortable with well-mannered staff.
The doctor explained everything clearly during the consultation, and my visit to the clinic was smooth with no issues. I would rate my experience as a four out of five and would recommend this doctor to others.
The doctor explained everything clearly and I had a good experience during the visit. The clinic and staff behavior were also good. I would definitely recommend this doctor to others and rate my experience 4.5 out of 5.
I had a very positive experience with Dr. Kalpana Bharani Kumar. She explained everything clearly and my visit to the clinic went smoothly with improved staff behavior. I would definitely recommend her and rate the experience a five.
The doctor explained everything clearly and the consultation had no issues. However, the clinic experience was not good. Still, the patient's overall sentiment about the doctor seems positive.
The consultation with Dr. Kalpana Bharani Kumar was good, and the doctor explained everything clearly. Overall, the experience was satisfactory.
I attended the consultation with Dr. Kalpana Bharani Kumar and had a positive experience. The doctor explained everything clearly.
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We had opted for the premium package (suite room) in Motherhood hospital for delivery of our baby. Few days before we paid an advance for the suite room and blocked the same. I was admitted in the hospital on 19th and my son was born on same day. The following are the issues which made the stay extremely uncomfortable and also make us shocked at how Motherhood has handled situations.
1. Paediatric department: the moment our son was born he was taken to NICU and cleared as healthy. Throughout checkups from Nov 19 till today he was cleared as fine by the doctors. It was only today, when WE noticed and asked, the doctor realises that his feet are curved and he has some positional talips. The doctor also admitted that it needs physiotherapy or else it can set in the wrong direction. W* *** ******* ** **** **** ** *** ** ******** **** ***** ** **** ******* **** **** ** *** *** ** **** ***** *** ****** ********** This would have been a permanent damage had it not been for us noticing this, and the situation would have been very different. ** *** **** **** ** ** ***** **** **** ******* ** *** **** ** * **** **** ******* ******
The doctor also was a bit unsure about whether or not he has jaundice. First she said he does, then she said no. We did not get any comfort from her diagnosis at all.
2. Nursing department: The nursing department is absolutely unprofessional.
- The nurses never turn up on time. Once I was shivering in the night and almost convulsing, the nurse took her own sweet time, then she tried to do her own diagnoses, at our insistence she called the doctor. The whole incident took almost an hour.
-most of the time the nurses have serious attitude. One of them came and started shaking the baby's head like anything and said that's how you stimulate and shake the baby.
- they came at 4am to check the baby's weight in his first night, when neither his dad nor I have slept in hours.
- they came the day before discharge again at 4am switching on all lights and taking away extra meds to prep for discharge. Even at 4pm we are still not discharged so did not understand the need for that. She didn't stop despite being told many times. She went ahead. .
- My attending doctor (Kavya) also noticed that there are never any nurses around even when she comes in. Every process is extremely delayed. When she came they had still not taken the bandage off because it took them one and a half hours to get a pair of gloves.
- These instances are after repeatedly informing the Nursing superintendent that we are unhappy with everything so far. There are multiple instances too many to cite but all of which made it a terrible experience.
Insurance and billing: We were not informed when we enquired about the suite room that it's not covered in insurance. If we had been aware we would probably have gone with the regular room. This would have been a huge hit for someone who did not have sufficient ready cash. We were forced to agree because I had only one hour for surgery and no time to do these discussions.
Except for Dr Kavya, Dr Sonali and Dr. Aarthi, every other experience here has been intolerable.
The AC is the recovery room was leaking with a bucket below it. This is an arms distance from where I am recovering from a surgery and where my few minutes old son is kept. I cannot imagine the hygiene maintained in this case.
The AC in the preoperative room was not working at all. I was sweating and my BP also had dropped and I almost fainted.
The nurse on the first night of my stay spilt half my meds while trying to inject them into my drips. I had Iv fluid down my hands, and medicines on the floor because she was either clumsy or sleepy.
Prior to my admission I wanted to speak to a gynaec. I tried motherhood line and it took one hour for a clear communication with the gynaec. The call back we received was twenty minutes after we left for the hospital. I had to remind them it's a hospital and not a hotel and they should have an emergency line.
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