I had taken my friend to SevenHills a few days back as he had been advised to undergo a cardiac by-pass surgery from another reputed hospital but because of the expenses involved we thought of making use of the Rajiv Gandhi health scheme. At SevenHills, even though he was enrolled in the Rajiv Gandhi scheme my friend was told that he had to undergo some blood tests for which he had to pay.
He did the tests but after that was told to undergo an Echocardiography which costs more than Rs 1000/-. He did that test even though it had been done just a few days back at the other reputed hospital. They just scribbled some things on a sheet of paper.
He was then told that he will have to undergo another angiography because he had not brought the previous CD. My friend said that he will bring it the next time. They then asked him to do a "Myocardial perfusion scan". This would have cost about Rs 10, 000/-. He was then met by some "Arogymitras" who said that all these tests should have been done free of charge.
They also felt that the "Myocardial scan" was not needed. There was then a heated discussion between the "Arogyamitras" & the hospital staff. Ultimately, the doctors & hospital staff agreed to do everything free but my friend was too scared to get himself admitted in SevenHills as he would have to face the same doctors. He therefore went back to the previous hospital.
I have heard some good reviews & some bad reviews about the Rajiv Gandhi scheme & SevenHills. I would therefore advice people to be careful if they are forced to go through the Rajiv Gandhi scheme, at least at SevenHills hospital.