About our medical oncologist Dr Bajpai:
I am writing this short testament in whole hearted support of Dr Bajpai. We came to him last year in June for my husband's treatment and while it has been a turbulent 7 months since, Dr Bajpai has remained approachable, eminently competent and unwaveringly patient through it all.
I can only cursorily attest to his competence as a medical oncologist because my background is not in medicine, his credentials speak loud and clear for themselves. What I can vouch for is that Manipal is truly lucky to have in its employ someone who will painstakingly parse apart every nuance of the condition and the treatment of the patient. He will also tailor his explanation and granularity of discourse to the audience: our son on law who is a medical professional himself and who has been in touch with Dr Bajpai was amazed at how much depth he went into while expounding on treatment options.
As is the case generally with cancer treatments, we have had to consult with multiple specialities - cardiologists, pulmonologists, gastroenterologists among others - for my husband's treatment. Dr Bajpai has proved to be a dependable point person for us, ably keeping track of lines of treatment being followed by each specialist.
Any hospital system can easily dissolve into chaos, it is the sheer willpower and discipline of professionals such as Dr Bajpai that offer us a bulwark of serenity in the storm. I firmly believe that if Manipal offered better infrastructure in terms of scheduling, ensuring availability of medicines in the pharmacy and inter departmental communication, patient outcomes would drastically change for the better.
Finally on a personal note, I would like to add that there is not one phone call the good doctor has not responded to.
Whether he is on holiday, unwell, at a conference, between procedures, even post op himself, he will answer immediately or within a couple of hours. Such peace of mind cannot be bought and such a bedside manner cannot be taught - it is innate.
The high point is we know him only as patients, the approach was surely not through some influence.
So this is a full throated endorsement in favor of Dr Bajpai. Please feel free to direct any questions and clarifications towards us..
27/09/2024