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Doctor Consultation

 

In the afternoon, when he was having leisure, my father visited the Multi-speciality hospital in the city. He met Dr.B.Rajesh (Gastroenterologist). The doctor has advised the Endoscopy procedure.

But, as I said before due to Nosocomephobia(in a positive context). My father requested medicines and the doctor has given a prescription with the assumption of a stomach ulcer. He felt relaxed after carefully using medicines and following a diet for the next 15 days (till the course of medicines). Two days later, he again started feeling discomfort and due to the unbearable difficulties (he was going through), he said “I will undergo Endoscopy, I can’t bear this continuous vomiting”.

I also went to the hospital for an Endoscopy procedure and it was scheduled at 9:00 AM but because of technical problems, it was delayed by 2 hours. He came out of the endoscopy room within 30 minutes (as it is a simple procedure).

The nurse has asked me to wait downstairs in the doctor’s consultation room (because the doctor wants to talk to you). During the procedure, the doctor said to my father-all this happened because of a Thyroid issue (he stopped using thyroid medicine for the past 2 months).

When I spoke with the doctor he said that……………………………

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