GITAM Hospital - Visakhapatnam

Well, it is really commendable that gitam hospital has opened its gates and arranged for 1000+ beds for the covid-19 disaster that we are having. But the praises end there. Beds are not what we need. A hospital needs staff who are willing to check on their patients from time to time and treat subjectively based on the status of the health. Well, this is a first hand experience I had. My mother was admitted to the hospital with covid symptoms, they charged 50k but let's not bother about it for a second here. What broke me was they isolated the patient from us, put her in a ward with 100 others and didn't bother to even check on her. The nurse put a standard prescription for everyone on the bed side and asked them to take it. My mom was in there for over 40 hours and not a single doctor came in for a consultation. She was at an oxygen saturation of 93 and had stable vitals when we got her admitted, but we were forced to decide that we should shift her from there because her O2 levels were 85 and was running a high fever and yes, she was still only on tablets that the nurse put next to her. If admission to a hospital means just providing a bed and dumping in few pharmacy supplies, then may b we don't need it. We could have taken care of her at home, for atleast we could have given her some emotional support. To isolate a patient in such health condition and not provide the care she needs is just inhuman. The kind of trauma the hospital put her and us through cannot be described in words. When questioned, they had the nerve to "ask us to shift her if we want but that's all they could do! This is all the staff we have!" If you are aware of the staffing issues, please dont admit patients u can't care for. It is just cruel. I don't want to know how well the hospital treated patients prior to this, but if you cant value lives in a crisis like this and are just calculative of the amount of money you can make out of it, then may b u r not meant to run a hospital, not now, not ever!

My parents were admitted in GIMSR hospital few days ago. Since then we couldn't contact the concerned hospital staff mostly, even if we could once in a blue moon nobody shall answer the call. They don't even know what's happening with their patients. They weren't able to answer basic queries about the patient such as, saturation level, BP, PR, LOI, etc. There's a facility to pass on necessities to the patient through security, yet they are least bothered to pass it on time. It's been 1 and half day since we have asked them to give some things to the patient's yet they didn't do it. On top of that they wouldn't even give us contacts of the concerned staff. Overall, idk how good or great of a hospital it is, but right now it feels like the worst place for a patient to be left there.

A big hospital in a big city but a simple ORS is not available in the pharmacy. What a joke!

It’s a nice initiative by mvvs murthy and government to provide a cost friendly hospital where appointment is free of cost and I advise you it is not a good idea for big injuries.

Vaccination update : very unguided for any senior citizens. The billing process is slow as turtle. Cards don't work. They don't have change cash so only upi payment. The vaccination was registered at 9 am but they refused saying we have to wait for 5 people minimum. Apollo was far off for vaccination. Cleanliness is good. Parking is easier for senior citizens.

Casualty free.. nice equipment.. neat & clean .. but some sisters and junior doctors are not dedicated to their work.. but we will definitely appreciate their (top management) free services..

My experience with GITAM hospital is good. They provide free OP for all departments. I recommend GITAM hospital who stays near by.

Good Hospital. Hospital maintaining proper hygiene conditions across the hospital. Doctors and Nurses are taking proper responsibility of all kinds of patients.