Saturday, March 29, 2014

Dr. Malpani Addresses Patients’ Complaints



Dr Anjali Malpani with one of our success stories !





Malpani Clinic puts in its best efforts to provide high quality medical care to all patients. While lots of patients are happy to provide us with lots of compliments, there may still be unhappy patients who have complaints about us. After all, it's not possible to keep everyone happy all the time.

We strive to address these complaints in the best way we can. There are mostly two kinds of complaints about Malpani Clinic.

Firstly, patients feel that the services offered by Malpani Clinic are way too costly. Expensiveness, as a parameter is hard to measure. Compared to other IVF clinics in India, Malpani Clinic is indeed costlier. However, reviews of the costs of the IVF clinics in the UK and the USA make it clear that the rates offered at Malpani Clinic are significantly more affordable. This rate is justified by our higher rates of success with IVF and the personalized care when pitted against other IVF clinics.  We do not employ any assistants and provide all the medical care ourselves, which means we are very hands-on and accessible. Patients usually shirk from spending on medical care. Thus, when they go for IVF treatment, the prices come to them as a shock. But Malpani Clinic has published all the rates in the website and we are quite straightforward about our costs. Patients who have this information before approaching us have no reasons for surprise and therefore no reasons for complaints.

Secondly, patients are disgruntled that I am too frank and honest with them which hurts their feelings. This is true again as I don’t believe that I should cheat patients with pleasant sounding words when the truth is that they have a bad prognosis. I explain things to them as honestly as I can. Telling patients what they want to hear instead of what is the truth serves no practical purpose. It only fosters false hopes in the patient’s mind. Learning about the truth as soon as possible, helps them find a solution for their problems in time. 

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