Wednesday was our last day in Kolkata. After a quick breakfast, we all packed our suitcases and said goodbye to Rupa and the guest house.
Our first meeting of the day was at Shree Jain hospital located in Howrah (near the strain station from the other day). We arrived at the hospital to find out the doctor we were supposed to meet with had forgotten we were coming. Luckily, he was able to put us in contact with another doctor who was at the hospital when we got there.
We went to the reception counter at the hospital and the receptionest led us to the hospitals ICU where Dr. Saikat Manna was waiting for us. Our talk with Dr. Saikat was extremely helpful and he gave some real perspective for what the patients at this private hospital could afford and what the patients at government hospitals, like NRS Medical college where he had trained, could afford. Dr. Saikat also gave us a good understanding of the use of drugs over device therapy for complete heart block and provided some valuable insight into the costs and perspective of these patients.
After thanking Dr. Saikat, we headed back to the car to go grab lunch. We had a nice quick lunch at a nearby mall and then headed to the airport for our flight. We arrived at the airport around 3 and had an hour and a half to relax before our flight.
Suprisingly, our flight from Kolkata to Hyderabad was the most on-time and efficient flight I have ever been on. I say suprising because we are always talking about doctors not being on time and the overall inefficiency of work here, so the fact that our flight boardered on time in the most efficient way possible, started moving from the gate before 5:00, our scheduled departure time, and arrived in Hyderabad at 7:00 on the dot, was a pleasant suprise.
After getting our bags, we struggled to find a taxi willing to take the three of us with our huge suitcases and eventually had to get a prepaid taxi that was larger to take us to our hotel. We arrived to the Taj Banjara hotel around 8:30pm and we were greeted by many familiar faces that had been here during our last visit in August. We checked in and then headed to our rooms for the night. Although we enjoyed the executive suite in Kolkata, the Taj Banjara was a nice change with the warm water, awesome shower pressure, and fast internet. Also, since we now have fast internet, we were able to add pictures back to all our other blog posts (for anyone interested).
Anyways, we need to go get ready as today we are off to meet with some of the doctors we met last time here in Hyderabad.
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| Sign outside the executive suite guest house |
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| Interesting sign outside a room at the Shree Jain hospital |
After thanking Dr. Saikat, we headed back to the car to go grab lunch. We had a nice quick lunch at a nearby mall and then headed to the airport for our flight. We arrived at the airport around 3 and had an hour and a half to relax before our flight.
Suprisingly, our flight from Kolkata to Hyderabad was the most on-time and efficient flight I have ever been on. I say suprising because we are always talking about doctors not being on time and the overall inefficiency of work here, so the fact that our flight boardered on time in the most efficient way possible, started moving from the gate before 5:00, our scheduled departure time, and arrived in Hyderabad at 7:00 on the dot, was a pleasant suprise.
After getting our bags, we struggled to find a taxi willing to take the three of us with our huge suitcases and eventually had to get a prepaid taxi that was larger to take us to our hotel. We arrived to the Taj Banjara hotel around 8:30pm and we were greeted by many familiar faces that had been here during our last visit in August. We checked in and then headed to our rooms for the night. Although we enjoyed the executive suite in Kolkata, the Taj Banjara was a nice change with the warm water, awesome shower pressure, and fast internet. Also, since we now have fast internet, we were able to add pictures back to all our other blog posts (for anyone interested).
Anyways, we need to go get ready as today we are off to meet with some of the doctors we met last time here in Hyderabad.
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