Why don't patients ask their doctors questions ?
I was getting increasingly upset during the consultation with my patient. She had already done four IVF cycles, all of which had failed, and she didn't have a clue as to what was done during any of the cycles. She didn't know how many follicles she had grown; how many...
Why are systems in hospitals so broken ?
My father in law just got admitted for surgery at a leading hospital because he broke his humerus and he needs to get this fixed. Being at the receiving end of medical care can be quite an eye-opener for doctors, and I was very disappointed by how broken so many of the...
What happens to the embryos when they don't implant ?
Lots of IVF patients wonder what happens to their embryos when their IVF cycle fails. Some treat the failure as a miscarriage because they confuse an embryo with a fetus. Please remember that an embryo is a microscopic ball of cells. It forms a fetus only after 6 w...
Communicating with the patient - why doctors need to go beyond the bedside
We all know the importance of the doctor patient relationship , and this is why so much stress is laid on the doctor's bedside manner . Good doctors can communicate care and compassion to the patient , and patients are comforted , because they know that not only is the...
Angst amongst doctors in India
This post has gone viral amongst doctors in India We live in a country where you can easily have services of a qualified doctor at midnight in 200 Rs but you can't get the services of a plumber or electrician at night for same amount.We live in a country where a hospi...
LUF Syndrome & Infertility
In a normal, healthy fertile woman, when ovulation occurs, the mature ovarian follicle will rupture and release eggs within 38 hours of the increase in luteinizing hormone (LH). However, in a very small percentage of women, the follicle goes through the luteinization...
Don’t Have a Copy of Your Medical Records for IVF- Why Not?
A number of patients who have done IVF at another clinic do come to me for a consultation or treatment. The manner in which they have responded to the treatment they have gone through earlier gives me very valuable information about what the treatment protocol for the...