santhosh hospital - Hospital in Thalassery - Kannur, India

I initially scheduled an appointment with Dr. Santhosh, but I had to cancel after they asked for a minimum consultation fee of 3.5K or 4K without even seeing the patient. This seemed unprofessional to me, and I was concerned about the transparency of their pricing. I decided to look at other reviews before proceeding.

Business oriented hospital ,staff behavior is also not good,especially after collecting money..Its a non approachable hospital for an ordinary people as they are charging too high for unnessassary blood tests and urine tests ( around 2000 Rs) ,just before seeing patients..For simple proctoscopy charging 1500 other than dr fees 1500.( Usually proctoscopy is a routine procedure for an anorectal examination.) .So minimum 5k needed for just priliminary consultation itself .Additionally medicinal charges too( it may be also 2k +). They don't collect bill on single counter ,though its a small hospital without that much rush.The patient will get confused how much they are paying,also they will give you casual handwritten bill only without showing breaks up and GST , can't submit for reimbursement. Though charging high they don't have patient convenient lithotomy examination table etc..They are doing examination carelessly without proper relaxation of the patient by unskilled nurses.So simple Haemorrhoids will change to acute fissure,they can add additional medicine for new complaints too .It will be better to opt multi-speciality hospital having better modern facilities at this prize and poor services offered by them.. For simple invasive banding like procedures an average hospital with this facilities may charge maximum 10 k only .Anyway not recommended in terms of service , modern facilities ,high charges .They have traditional background only now to claim..By believing their old fame patients get cheated ,now it's only a business oriented firm.

Pathetic experience.Please don't visit this hospital..Please go through all the reviews given by the patients who visited there.Even though after reading reviews ,by believing traditional stories me visited there and cheated like all others.Its never a suitable place for international or metro city person,or even nearby persons.They will get most advanced treatments from good super speciality hospitals or from ayurveda or homeo hospitals .Its very low average local hospital with old facilities and old surgical painful procedures.You can see sad reviews from patients who underwent treatment from here. They are charging higher above than any other super speciality hospital in Kerala.Minmum 5000 K needed for consultation and blood tests.Proctoscopy charging separately 1500.Even at super speciality hospital surgeons never charge for proctoscopy.They set many counters in each corner of the small hospital to capture maximum amount before consultation to confuse patients.They didn't give you computerised single bill..Compelling to do all unnessassary tests .Problems also not cured..actually worsen after consulting there,by their unprofessional examination. They has given mixopathy medicine allopathy , ayurveda,homeo without any logic.Medicines you have to pay 1k or 2k.Totally 6k or 7k needed for simple first consultation itself . If you need alternative treatment approach concerned specialist doctors only. At all ayurveda govt medical College hospital separate ano rectal wing is there,you will get treatment free of cost .If you need to go allopathy approach multi speciality hospital having advanced technology,rather than classical painful treatments ..

My treatment for fistula was in 2010, eleven years ago, When I talked about reimbursement from government he charged me 45000 which was very high at that time. The disease came back in 2020 after 10 years. But my experience was good except for the high amount they charged.

Money looted greedy hospital only They may be good old times.For just consulatation 5000 rs needed.Before seeing patients they compelled to do 2000 k unnessassary tests.If you have same reports they didnt check.For their safety 2- 3 tests below 600 only needed.Dr fees is 1500,its above comparing with good super speciality hospital having good facilities.Also for proctoscopy they charged 1500.Other ano rectal surgeon do it freely as a part of their usual check up .Additionally 5k you have to pay for Unnessassary antibiotics without finding any organism.Examination is by unskilled staffs.Not recomend interns of money ,service ,behaviour towards patients .

Horrible experience.What is a hospital?It's supposed to take you on the path of healing through medicine and emotional support by the doctors and nurses. -Dr Santhosh Bharathan is not easy to find.He won't come for rounds or if he is coming he will not hear the patient and he will walk off by not even spending a minute.Be nice to the patients and no harm in ensuring that they are relaxed doctor.The only time I saw him over a minute was at the operation theatre. -Never tell them you are insurance covered.They will charge you like crazy for no reason. -Ensure the discharge summary has all the procedure that is carried out.I can bet you it won't 99% of the time. -Ask what surgery you are going to get and recovery time, pain levels associated with. It all looked like a money looting operation, my case was horrible, had reoccurrance and never got any help from them. Posting it here so that it migh help atleast one guy who is thinking to go here.

I just called to hospital to enquire about the availability of doctor and consultation details. The one who took my call told me that she is busy on other call and call her after some time. I waited and called after 30 minutes, she behaved me very badly with bad words and told me to go there if i need to know about doctors availability. Horrible experience at the beginning itself. Not going that hospital at any cost. Sow a lot of reviews about the staff behaviour and realised that it is 100% true. Note: If Dr. Santhosh is seeing my above experience, please try to correct your staff. (call details: Date - 28-09-2019 Called time - first call 2.pm - Second call 2.30pm)

The Doctor Santhosh, son of Dr. Bharathan is very cordial. He describes what is the stage of our disease and whether it can be treated medically or not. In most advanced stage surgery is an option. He prefer laser haemerroidectomy to minimize pain and hospital stay. When you agree to continue with surgery,you will be transferred to upper floor where a nurse is ready to describe you the cost. It is roughly around 55 to 60 thousand. You will be discharged in three days after observation without burning sensation.