Horrible Experience with Kidney Stone Treatment at Manipal Hospital Varthur – Misdiagnosis, Delayed Care, and Negligence**

Hey everyone,

I wanted to share my recent nightmare of an experience at Manipal Hospital with how my kidney stone treatment was handled. I underwent the RT RIRS surgery to remove a 5.5 mm stone. I hope this helps others be more cautious and aware when dealing with medical advice. I’ll try to keep it as concise as possible, but it’s been a long and frustrating journey.

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**The Timeline:**

**1. 14th Sep: Visit to the Emergency Room**

I went to the ER with extreme pain due to a kidney stone. After the initial pain relief, they told me to consult a urologist. I met Dr. X, who advised a CT scan. When the scan came back, he vaguely said the stone was “very big,” without actually specifying the size. Later, when I saw the UT scan report, it said the stone was about 4.5 to 5.5 mm. I have a history of passing stones this size naturally, but I felt pressured into surgery(RT RIRS) without any alternatives being explained to me. They knew I had insurance and asked me to get all pre approvals and get surgery done the next working day.

**2. 16th Sep: RT RIRS Surgery**

I went ahead with the surgery. Dr. X told me I could go back to all my normal physical activities (gym, sports, etc.) right after. But here’s the kicker: when I saw the dietician afterward, she actually laughed at that advice and said I needed to be careful for the next few weeks! I was so confused and felt totally misinformed. For the next few days, I was extremely lethargic but started feeling better after 3-4 days.

**3. 30th Sep: Sudden High Fever**

I started running a fever of 102°F with no other symptoms. I contacted Dr. X's assistant, G, as I suspected it was due to the stent. G dismissed this and didn’t take it seriously. I even went to see Dr. X on 1st Oct, but he brushed off my concerns, saying the stent couldn’t be causing the fever. By this point, my fever was consistently 103-104°F, and I was miserable.

**4. 1st-2nd Oct: Misdiagnosis and Delayed Tests**

They referred me to Dr. Y, who was about to go on leave the next day (great timing, right?). She ordered a bunch of tests – CRP, CBC, Typhoid, Dengue – but didn’t even include a Kidney Function Test (KFT). By 2nd Oct, my CRP levels were sky-high at 190, and I was still in a horrible state. Meanwhile, G kept saying it was typhoid and that I needed to be admitted – which was completely wrong.

**5. 2nd-4th Oct: Finally, the Stent Is Removed**

I couldn’t take the pain and trauma anymore, so I went back to the emergency room on 2nd Oct. This time, the duty doctor immediately ordered a KFT, which showed high creatinine levels (a major red flag that should have been noticed days earlier!). Despite all this, they still kept thinking it was some viral infection, and it took until 4th Oct for them to finally remove the DJ stent, which immediately made me feel better.

**6. In-Hospital Care: Horrendous**

Throughout my hospital stay, the nurses were super unresponsive and lacked any kind of personal care. I had severe neck pain due to improper head posture, which I’d been complaining about since day one of my admission. Despite raising it with Dr. Z, no one took it seriously until I insisted on seeing a physiotherapist. To top it off, there was no duty doctor on the night of 4th Oct when I was in terrible pain. I had to wait until the morning to get any pain relief!

After this ordeal , I had lost around 9% body weight, took me 2 weeks to recover and sick off from office. And many more months to completely recover and get back to my normal day to day physical activities like Gym, Tennis, running etc