Thereafter a second opinion was sought from another well-known Cardiologist Dr.Stanley Amarasekara and he too confirmed that there was no immediate need to take her through further procedures on an urgent basis and advised to stabilize her blood sugar levels over a two-week period and thereon to perform an Angiogram.
However "Maraya's" search for her precious life never ended there. She was advised by some of her friends that it may be better to obtain a further opinion from another cardiologist Dr.Vajira Senarathne – who has created a hype for himself through unscrupulous means. He has just returned to the country on 29th morning itself after along overseas visit. The said doctor, having returned to Sri Lanka the same day and having worked without any rest at the hospital, saw Nayana after seeing around 50 patients at Asiri Surgical Hospital.
At the medical consultation he convinced Nayana that there is a risk to her life and she should be taken through an Angiogram despite that she was not ready for any medical procedure due to high sugar level of 344 and was not fasting (had her lunch around 5 pm ). After carrying out the Angiogram – he convinced her that she must undergo an immediate angioplasty procedure vis-à-vis open heart surgery, since he was aware that she was covered under medical insurance. He reassured the patient that he has done over 5,000 procedures and so far only one patient died. Further he himself being the supplier of "Stents" at an exorbitant price he had vested interest in taking her through an angioplasty procedure and the quality of stents used are also questionable. To make her ready for the procedure – she was given a high dose of insulin to reduce the sugar level and he just treated the patient as a piece of mechanical equipment. Soon after the said Angioplasty procedure, Nayana succumbed to death and the said doctor fail to give any explanation to date.
Opinions sought from several medical experts in the field confirmed that the procedure adopted by Dr.Vajira Senarathne in handling the case was a clear and willful deviation from the required procedures. He had omitted several mandatory prerequisites before performing such a risky and serious operation and thereby the patient had been very gravely mishandled, causing her death. Later on it was revealed that several patients treated by him had to face the same ordeal or post procedure complications. In some situations he has used unsuitable stents for the purpose leading to internal hemorrhage as well. To recover some patients had to undergo a bypass surgery despite paying good money this money monger for his stents. That factual information will be shared in future.
This article seems very biased and factually inaccurate, because from what I have heard Dr Vajira Senaratne is a very reputed compassionate doctor who has saved thousands of lives. It's absolutely disappointing to see such a dedicated doctors name being associated with the word 'murderer'. It is also clear that this article has been written in such a third class style.
ReplyDeleteMy sympathies to the family of Mrs. Nayana. However with interventions specially cardiac there is always a risk. A RBS of 344 is not a very high blood sugar in a long term diabetic patient.
DeleteIt is very sad that such blogs are allowed to be published by organisations like health watch, This is a completely baseless accusation and written with hatred.
Fair enough you feel sad for the loss of a family memebr specially after a medical procedure carried out to save a life, but such procedures are done on unhealthy patients and therefore they are all at risk.
In this case Dr. Vajira has clearly stated the risks inclduing admitting the fact that a patient had previously died in his care. Even if it is 1 in a milllion that one could be your family member.
Such terms of disrespect are extremly unwanted as he had saved millions of lives . I have no personal commection with him. But I know he is the best hands in SL for interventional cardiology and he had dared to stent patients refused multiple times by others.
Open heart surgery is many more times risky than stenting and stenting in developed countries are an out patients procedure, and done during acute presentations.
therefore the availability of such a skilled person to attend to this person in the acute stage should be considered lucky. The family should be thankful she died after the procedure since they have tried their best for her. but if she died without any attempt at intervention them it would have left them with a lot of guilt.
So I think as readers of this blog we should request the publisher to ban this defamative story with immediate effect.
Agree with you
DeleteI completely agree with the above cmment. What bullshit is this article. Such articles should not be even allowed to be published. It is shameful and ridiculous of whoever has published this article , as it is inappropriate to call someone 'murderer' especially such a sincere dr without any proof. My friends relatives have been treated by this doctor, and thy ve said nothing but good about him. The moment I saw the forward of this cheap article, I rly got upset as I knw what I kind of doctor he is. I really hope other patients of his will come forward n talk about his sincerity. Shame on everyone who calls my doctor a murderer.. shame on you all.
ReplyDeletewhat a nasty way to drum on controversy. This doctor is indeed an honest and capable surgeon and shouldn't have to read such articles. Surgery isn't a surefire way of getting better so inevitably things may not work out the way one would hope. To slander a doctor for professional misconduct using only options and here-say is just lazy and contemptuous. Maybe your time would be better spent revising your own professionalism.
ReplyDeleteWhat ever the cause is, the death of the patient is very sad. However, the article is a cynical attack to Dr. Denarahne, beyond proportion. The language of this demonstrates there is an ulterior motive to undermine Dr Senarathne, out of malice and jealousy. It is immoral and illegal to publish such a un-scrutinised statement in a public forum.
ReplyDeleteThis article is baseless. I have had first hand experience with this doctor, and I have no link to him what so ever. He treated me with great care. I saw the amount of dedication that he has for his profession. I don’t understand why anyone would call him a murder, as I am quite convinced that he has given a second chance to live for a majority of his patients, including myself. I am deeply sorry for your loss, but it is too cheap to call such a genuine doctor a ‘murderer’. It is nice to see that everyone who has commented sees beyond this article.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the above comments. The blogger must have ulterior motives as highlighted by the very biased language used.
ReplyDeleteIn quotations are some of the facts which I found in a Pubmed article regarding this matter: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15784875.
Diabetic patients are considered to be a "high risk group" and "Patients with diabetes mellitus account for approximately 25% of the nearly 1.5 million coronary revascularization procedures performed each year in the United States and experience worse outcomes compared with non diabetic patients"
“Coronary artery disease (CAD) is virtually ubiquitous in adults with diabetes mellitus compared with nondiabetic patients and portends a worse prognosis.”
Moreover, “Coronary heart disease (CAD) is the most common cause of death in diabetic patients, at least half of whom die from cardiovascular causes.2 Diabetic patients are 2 to 4 times more likely to develop CAD than nondiabetic patients and to manifest this disease earlier in life.5-7”
“Although patients with diabetes frequently have concurrent risk factors, diabetes itself is a powerful independent risk factor for cardiovascular events.1 There are several pathophysiologic features of atherosclerosis in diabetic patients that contribute to their worse prognosis and unique response to coronary revascularization. Metabolic and hematologic abnormalities associated with type 2 diabetes include hyperglycemia, insulin resistance, dyslipidemia, inflammation, and thrombophilia.14 Platelets express more Gp IIb/IIIa receptors and are more prone to aggregation, particularly in the presence of hyperglycemia.3 Together these abnormalities contribute to development of hypertension, endothelial cell dysfunction, accelerated atherogenesis and, eventually, coronary thrombosis.”
“In addition to a greater atherosclerotic burden, diabetic patients have a larger amount of lipid-rich plaques, which may be more prone to rupture.23 In an angioscopic study evaluating patients with unstable angina, those with diabetes had more fissured plaques and intracoronary thrombi.24”
The enlightened reader will now see that Ms. Nayana, who was a diabetic patient, did have to undergo revascularization due to a severely blocked coronary artery and due to the risk of dying from CAD due to the very high risk of forming “intracoranry thrombi”. It is common knowledge that a diabetic patient that has a high sugar level , cannot bring down the sugar level naturally and that insulin administration in the form of a shot or a capsule is required. And irrespective of the sugar level, after reading the above facts it is understood that the patient was no way healthy. She was then in fact fighting for her life in a life or death situation.
Also I would like to know the medical knowledge this blogger has had before commenting on such a medical matter. One has to consider the vast number of lives this physician has saved before writing such articles with great emotion. We must hope that the physician will come to know about this blog and will present the events that led up to the death of the patient. 2/5000 deaths, from a surgeon’s point of view, are considered quite rare. Even common sense would tell you that the probability of dying under the supervision of this physician is rare. A physician who has dedicated his life for over 30 years into cardiology, from my perspective would know the accurate course of action.
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ReplyDeleteFurthermore, I would like to enlighten the blogger about PATIENT AUTONOMY here. The patient received 3 medical opinions, and she chose to undergo the treatment. The physicians always ensure that the patients know about the risks and outcomes prior to surgery. Without the consent of the patient, no physician would proceed due to very obvious liability. To assume that the patient was almost forced into the procedure seems very illogical. If the patient did agree to undergo coronary catheterization to re-vascularize her severely blocked coronary artery (as she would have otherwise died due to myocardial infarction), we should let the patient die in peace and respect her choice to undergo treatment to save her life. After all, although we love our relatives we must make sure that we respect their choice to live longer by undergoing medical treatment. Put yourself in the patient’s shoes and see how you would have reacted if you knew that you had a severely blocked coronary artery? Think of cancer patients that undergo chemotherapy. While very well knowing about the side effects and later experiencing excruciating pain from all the side effects, they still never give up hope and continue to fight for their lives. Therefore in my opinion, we must all respect the Ms. Nayana’s decision to undergo treatment under the skilled and experienced Dr. V. Senaratne. One must take all obvious facts into account before publicly humiliating a physician that had dedicated his life to help patients extend their lives. It is unfortunate that people think that physicians are gold diggers and murderers. How ignorant people are about the hard lives physicians lead on a day to day basis, the stress and physical hardships one faces is no walk in the park my friend.
I wouldn't suggest disproportionate attacks of this caliber on professionals. I too am a person engaging in a profession we take decisions professionally after giving due consideration the material facts. These half heartened attacks on doctors or any other professionals in an unprecedented manner would not only cause grave prejudice to the very doctor but the whole of medical fraternity who put their life in to the profession. Please be aware of such subjective opinionated remarks by bloggers of this nature in the sake of Dr. Senarathna and many other professionals who we lean on at the hour of need.
ReplyDeleteMy deepest sympathies goes out to Mrs Nayana's family. However, reading this article was an absolute waste of time.
ReplyDeleteIt is unclear how he supposedly 'forced' the patient into the surgery. This sounds quite unreasonable. Also from the experiences of my friends, relatives etc, he is opposite to a 'gold digger','murderer'. These accusations seem quite blown out of proportion. It is understood that when a close loved one of a person expires, people in grief may try to blame the death on someone, but the manner these individuals have adopted to degrade this doctor, is sinful and malicious. To be very precise, vile.
Firstly, my deepest condolences to friends and family of the deceased, Mrs Nayana Rupasinghe; however the author of this article should have thought long and hard before publishing such a malicious piece of writing, and in this regard I would recommend Dr Vajira Senratne to seek legal advice in response to this potentially slanderous article.
ReplyDeleteThe fact that Dr Senaratne had ‘worked without any rest’ after his return to Sri Lanka from an overseas trip shows the care and dedication he has towards his patients. The same doctor has also treated my uncle following a heart attack, and I can assure any readers of this blog, that he is one of the most professional, knowledgeable and caring doctors that I have come across.
My only response to the statement that Mrs Rupasinghe was ‘convinced’ to undergo an angiogram / angioplasty procedure is what nonsense! I believe the decision to undergo any medical procedure rests with the patient themselves, and the fact that Mrs Rupasinghe had sought and ignored the opinions of two other renowned cardiologists speaks volumes – it is clear that she felt the best treatment for her would be to undergo the treatments at the earliest possible time instead of waiting. As I am not in the medical profession I cannot comment on the treatments themselves, however from even my limited medical knowledge I know that to bring down blood sugar levels insulin has to be injected and that diabetes patients are at a much higher risk to a multitude of other health complications.
Surely if there has been such a ‘willful deviation from the required procedures’ then a post-mortem / autopsy has been carried out on the body which has found something and you have proof of any misconduct that you allege.
What a disappointment it was to read the baseless allegations in this article. What we should take away from this article is that the doctor in question has performed this procedure on over 5,000 patients, with a success rate of 99.96% - I doubt many other doctors from around the world can claim such a high success rate. Deaths unfortunately occur – but we need to focus on the lives he has saved and patients who are now enjoying a good quality of life because of what he has done for them.
As a closing remark, I look forward to the sharing of this factual information you refer to.
My condolance to the family and friends of the deceased!It is very sad to loose someone who was very active and young, such a loss cannot be discribed in words.
ReplyDeleteHowever what has transpired there after is not the kind anyone would condole with. There had been obvious lapses which cannot be ignored. Emotional reaction of this kind is quite understandable from the family. When confidence and complacency sets in it is human to overlook what appears to be routine and useless steps in a procedure,nevertheless professionalism necessitates that we take every step howmuchever mundane it may appear to ensure ultimate safety in caring for our patients. It is in this respect I see a fault in the doctors approach.
As a doctor I know for sure much of the circulation of this letter has been carried out by doctors themselves. It is regretable that people beloning to a noble profession engaging in lowly acts of jelosy. This can happen to anybody, especialy to those who take risk and try to save patients'life by doing a procedures. Doctors who prescribe medicines and can omit it when they feel like omitting it will not realise the stress and strain involved in comitting to carryout a procedure that could endanger life.
I am surprised to see this article. How can you blame the doctor after he spent ours taking care of your family member. It was probably her time to go as hard as that might be to accept. I know Dr.Vajira Senaratne treated so many patients, all of whom were able to recover and live for many years. I know he is one of the best cardiologist in the country and just because of his skills and knowledge we have a luck to save so many lives in our country. I believe we need to understand the reality more than the emotions. Although you are upset because of your loss, it does not help society to publish this kind of criticism. He is one of the most talented doctor in our country. We need these types of doctors. Please understand the reality and do not ruin the reputation of this doctor who did everything he could to save this woman.
DeleteThank you for starting this blog. There are lots of cases where patients have been taken for a ride by various cardiologist, I will give my experience for people to know. I first consulted Dr Santharajah, he did an angiogram and sent me for bypass. While I was in Durdans a staff member approached me and said that Dr Mithrakumar is the correct person he can cure me without bypass. I saw Dr Mithrakumar, he convinced me to undergo senting, against many peoples advice I agreed and under went stent implacment. There were 3 stents put at 1.2 million cost.
ReplyDeleteAfter 1 month I developed pain again. I told the cardiologist that i was getting the pain again. He laughed it off saying its a muscle pain. However the pain got worse day by day. I consulted a physician, he said that my ECG is showing changes that I should see a cardiologist. I went to another cardiologist, he said I was going in for an attack and wanted to do an angiogram, with much hesitation I agreed. This time the angiogram showed block in two of the 3 stents.I was back to square one. Subsequently I underwent bypass surgery by Dr,Gupta and I am well now.I have spent over 2 million on this.
I was told as I am a diabetic I should have undergone bypass on the first occation. We are not very rich to tryout various treatments and pay doctors like this. There is a need to create patient protection systems to protect patients rights.
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What the Cardiologists don't tell you is that 40% of Stents get block within 2 years. Some even after a few days. Also angioplasty and stenting cost more, and in some cases far riskier than bypass surgery. When a president of a country gets angina they undergo bypass surgery ( President Clinton and Boris Yeltsin to name a few) ordinary people get stenting. One has to ask the question why. Surgery usually gets a bad name because Surgeons have to tackle all the bad cases that the cardiologists don't want to touch.
DeleteHow safe is a coronary angioplasty?
DeleteA coronary angioplasty is 'one of the most common types of treatment for the heart'. Over 61,000 procedures are performed in England each year. Coronary angioplasties are most commonly performed in people who are 65 years of age or older as they are more likely to have angina.
A coronary angioplasty does not involve making major incisions in the body and is usually carried out safely in most people. Doctors refer to this as a minimally invasive form of treatment.
The risk of complications from a coronary angioplasty varies depending on individual circumstances.
THIS IS FROM THE NHS WEBSITE HAVE A LOOK AT IT YOURSELF..http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Coronary-angioplasty/Pages/Introduction.aspx
This is not fair. In fact very vindictive. What about all the lives Dr vajira has saved??? You know I am ever so grateful to vajira, mithrakumar and Naren. I have Mervin with me today. Yes it is very upsetting when you lose a loved one, however, that seems to be her fate. She has gone after several opinions, somehow wanting something done. And further, do we know the actual conversation that transpired between the patient and doctor. We ourselves, like several other patients, have somehow forced and pleaded to get an appointment over and above the number he limits ..now no one appreciates that. If vajira refused to see her and something did happen, they would have pounced on Dr. Mithrakumar for not doing anything about it…fate has it that she was meant to go. To the loved ones it is difficult. They want to squeeze some ones neck… but saying all these things about stents, etc, I do not know what the intention is ..it is indeed a smear campaign.
ReplyDeleteI for one would vouch for his professionalism and would get my angio done by him.
Indeed it is sad that nayana lost her life after this procedure. Very unfortunate. Peace be upon her … However this article seems to have a much deeper intention.
Would appreciate very much if you would forward my response to the person who sent you the mail. Pls delete address details
Dr. Vajira Senaratne presently in circulation. The attempted vilification of this eminent cardiologist thereby is regrettable, unfair and unreasonable.
ReplyDeleteWe have known and have had the benefit of his dedicated professional service over a long period. My husband has been under his care for nearly fifteen years and our experience has been most re-assuring. Despite many complications due to chronic diabetes, Dr. Vajira Senaratne has very skillfully and with outstanding commitment and dedication attended on my husband at all times of need.
It was due to Dr. Senaratne’s sound judgment and prompt dedicated attention that my husband recovered from a very critical condition of a severe heart attack together with a virulent viral fever, uncontrollable blood sugar levels and resultant complications, a few years ago. Even calling in relevant specialists and coordinating with them was handled completely by him.
We are most grateful to Dr. Vajira Senaratne and have always had and will continue to have the utmost confidence in him.
Dayani de Silva
i agree with the facts by the bloggers above. it is in fact disturbing why would anyone stretch to this extent to spread bad work within the community. However you are please stop it ..
ReplyDelete-Nalini Desilva
ReplyDeleteI am sorry about the family members, who lost Mrs Nayana, we all understand how it feels as a death of a loved one is inevitable and therefore is experienced by almost all of us. However, this sort of writing just makes it look bad on the individual who has passed away, as I am certain that Dr Vajira tried his best to save her life.This article on Mrs Nayana Rupasinghe just demostrates the writing style of a completely different class of people. It is hard to read such a vile piece of writing to be very honest.
Please think twice before you publish an article of this nature, as this is a clear character assasination and legal action against the editor and everyone involved, could be taken.This just brings about anxiety and false opinions about well known professionals and treatment options available. In fact if the relatives felt that the death was caused by the doctor, they should report this case to the SLMC and seek legal action, which is the proper way of getting about things,without having internet blogs and circulation emails.
What they have done to degrade this doctor indirectly reflects their own immoral nature.
The truth.
ReplyDeleteThe whole truth.
And nothing but the truth.
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ON DR.VAJIRA SENARATNE
I received a mail with this caption. Even though i wouldn't have read an article of such length i gave my self few minutes to read this document. However how complied it has done it with might not only to bring out the truth but in sake of the fraternity of doctors.
I have been reading the e mail in circulation regarding the willful medical negligence case lead to the death of Mrs. Nayana Rupasinghe and was debating whether to respond to the same or not since I myself has been victimized by a similar situation.
ReplyDeleteMy brother Sumith Wijerathne worked as a cashier attached to the State Pharmaceutical Corporation married to Savithri who works at Bank of Ceylon Corporate office. They were blessed with three young promising sons and both of them had high hopes to educate their sons in the best possible manner they could afford but there source of income was solely dependent on the salaries they both drew.
At his prime age of 51 my brother developed a mild chest pain and consulted Dr. Gotabaya Ranasinghe. He has been regularly treated by Dr. Ranasinghe and the doctor’s recommendation was to initially treat him with medicine and subsequently to take him through an open heart surgery procedure as a long term solution.
However, similar to previous e mail in circulation again for my brother also, some of his friends recommended Dr. Vajira Senarathne’s name and consulted him for a second opinion. At the consultation they had with Vajira Senarathne he requested to them that he should go through an angiogram and after verifying they had a medical insurance cover through my sister in law he convinced them to go through Angioplasty process and inserted three stents. After the procedure for about 4 months he was normal and again he felt something wrong with heavy chest and breathing difficulty.
On consulting Vajira again he gave some medicine and said “Ganan ganna epa” (meaning just ignore). However his situation became worse and was admitted to Nawaloka hospital and realizing that Vajira was taking it very lightly again Doctor Gotabaya Ranasinghe was consulted. After carrying out some investigations it was revealed that some inserted stents were clogged and my brother had to be taken for an open heart surgery on emergency basis to overcome his deteriorating health. Thanks to timely intervention of Doctor Ranasinghe my brother still lives – although he is not the same active person he used to be and at the expense of spending three times the cost of an open heart surgery for angioplasty and hospital expenses. In addition he had to request for early retirement due to his poor health condition exposing the family to great financial difficulties.
Although I was very keen to go through a litigation process – after going through the above ordeal my brother did not want to proceed any further simply because I am living outside the country and further more you need adequate financial resources to pursue a litigation case.
However with this time and day – Internet has become a great leveler to expose this type of professional malpractices so that the clients can avoid using the services of so called “doctors” who does not care about the patient welfare. I urge each one of you if you have faced a similar situation please let others know so that we do not become innocent and ignorant victims of those gullible personnel.
This is compltely untrue.Dr. Vajira Senaratne is the best cardiologist in the country . The attempted vilification of this eminent cardiologist thereby is regrettable, unfair and unreasonable.
ReplyDeleteSrinith De Silva
Ok If you believe him, why don't you call any nurse at Asiri Surgical and ask about him. Then you can know for sure who is right or wrong.
ReplyDeletewhat would a nurse say? grow up!!!!!!
DeleteLOL..he is in such desperation to carry out this smear campaign.. its pathetic to watch these people screaming out for attention.
Deleteim aware tht the above email posted with a 'new' story is being circulated by the same people who are doing this blog n have created the original vile piece of writing.
Natalie Soyza
please visit http://mediscenelk.blogspot.com/ to read through episode II of Nayana Rupasinghe saga.
ReplyDeleteNATALIE SOYZA
ReplyDeleteThe truth. The whole truth. And nothing but the truth.
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ON DR.VAJIRA SENARATNE
1.Mrs. Nayana Rupasinghe, accompanied by her husband consulted Dr.Vajira Senaratne as they wanted a third opinion for her prevailing medical condition of recurrent episodes of chest pain (unstable angina by definition, which is caused due to critical narrowing of one or more of coronary arteries supplying heart muscle). This appointment was obtained with the intervention of a friend, whose request Dr.Senaratne didn’t want to refuse despite his calendar being over booked.
2.Since her history was clearly suggestive of unstable angina and the patient had been a poorly controlled Diabetic for more than 17 years, Dr.Senaratne advised them on an early angiogram and revascularization as also advised by the first cardiologist who had seen her in the morning. The Rupasinghes’ readily agreed for hospitalization.
3.On admission, Mrs.Rupasinghe was prepared for a coronary angiogram and written consent was obtained after explaining the risks and benefits of the procedures. She was taken for the coronary angiogram after appropriate pre-op preparation including adequate period of fasting.
4.The angiogram revealed severe blocks in all three coronary arteries (arteries supplying blood to heart muscle) with critical narrowing (more than 90% in two of them).
5.Following the angiography findings, revascularization options of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and percutaneous coronary intervention (angioplasty) were discussed by Dr.Senaratne with Mr and Mrs Rupasinghe. In fact the husband was taken to the control room and shown the angiogram findings and further taken to the cath lab with scrubs to discuss the options with his wife which took over 30 minutes. The advantages and disadvantages of each procedure were explained in detail and the advantage of CABG over angioplasty was highlighted as she was a diabetic with triple vessel disease. However, THEY OPTED FOR ANGIOPLASTY as it was minimally invasive.
(The American Heart Association guidelines clearly state that in high risk unstable angina patients, early angiogram and revascularization are recommended prior to diabetic control).
6. The procedure was initiated with another cardiologist, cardiac anesthetist and routine cardiac cath lab staff. All lesions were successfully stented with Xience Prime Drug Eluting Stent (rated as the best stent currently available worldwide proved by multicenter studies – current authorised dealer in Sri Lanka is Lifeserve Ltd, a fully owned subsidiary of The Sumathi Group). Successful angioplasty and stenting results were obtained in all the vessels with normal flow and no complications.
7. As per the normal angioplasty procedure, the patient was transferred to a trolley to be moved to the coronary care unit for further observation.
ReplyDelete8. While Dr.Senaratne was explaining the findings to Mr.Rupasinghe, it was noticed that the patient had gone into cardiac arrest and she was immediately rushed back onto the cath lab table and cardiopulmonary resuscitation was initiated with the arrest team being summoned. However, despite aggressive prolonged resuscitation and ventilation for 3.5 hours, the patient could not be resuscitated and death was confirmed 4 hours after the angioplasty.
9. A detailed explanation which resulted in this eventuality was given by all the doctors involved in the procedure to the family.
10. It was clearly explained that the patient was treated with the best of knowledge and expertise, in accordance with the current practice. Unfortunately the rarest complication of death occurred due to acute stent thrombosis (which is caused due to drug resistance which no cardiologist could predict in advance).
11. Understanding the sensitivity of the situation and the grief of the family, all material relating to the patient’s medical treatment was released to the family with the approval of Dr.Senaratne.
12. It is noteworthy that none of the cardiologist who treated the patient charged any fee.
If s stent clots immediately after insertion it's a technical problem --not inserted properly. And of course they shouldn't charge.
DeleteTHIS IS NOTHING BUT A SMEAR CAMPAIGN. Nothing can stop the great service this doctor is doing to this country.
ReplyDeleteThis disgusting attempt to tarnish a well known cardiologist’s reputation, with FACTUALLY INACCURATE articles will be sorted out by god/karma soon.
ReplyDeleteWhat good are you doing to the late Mrs Nayana Rupasinghe by this low class campaign? Insulting the doctor who made an attempt to save her life?
I honestly do not feel that this article has anything to do with Mrs Nayana Rupasinghe, it is nothing but a well organized smear campaign.
This reminds of a sinhala saying ‘pala athi gasata thamai gal mul wadenne’
yeap i hate the one who have published this.Dr.Vajira Senarathne is the god who saved my dad!!!!!
ReplyDeleteGihanka Pushpakumara.
Dear readers,
ReplyDeleteI was stricken with coronary blocks at a very early (29) and under went my first bypass in the United Kingdom. Following this, I suffered from further blockages when I was 40. When I was advised by doctors to undergo further open heart surgery, it was Dr. Vijira Senaratne who prevented the operation and with the assistance of Dr. Mark Silvestri one of France's pre-eminent cardiologists, inserted “Stents” to widen the blocked valves in my heart.
With immense confidence I have directed so many of my friends, colleagues and distinguished personalities to Dr. Vajira Senaratne and not once has a complaint ever been raised. All of the patients directed by me to consult Dr. Vajira Senaratne admire the doctor very much and have thanked me for directing them to him. Further none of them have complained about any post-surgery complications.
Dr. Vajira Senaratne is a true inspiration not just to doctors but to all Sri Lankans, and it is an honour for us to have such a competent cardiologist in our country. He works tirelessly, forsaking his own health to save lives on a daily basis. Several priests who have been treated by him have not been charged a single cent for his consultancy or operational services. This is a man whom I truly respect.
I respectfully request you all not to believe the statements given in the message. I am pleased to speak to anyone regarding this. You can email me on daya@daya-group.com.
Yours sincerely,
Daya Gamage
It is in fact good to see people have taken much of their time and effort to commend the works of Dr. Vajira.
ReplyDeletehe is in fact a murder. not only 1 case is against him. he has been suspended from attending and checking patients in a leading private hospital in Colombo long before this incident.
ReplyDeleterecently another woman (daughter of a well known professor in Sri Lanka)about the same age of Mrs. rupasinghe (less than 55) passed away while receiving medication from him.
if he doesn't know his subject well enough to save a life then might as well stay at home without killing people!
Some doctors operate very similar to motor mechanics who exploit ignorance of the customer with shoddy workmanship and bad practice. Such doctors are a shame and an insult to the entire medical profession. These types should be banned from practice to avoid further loss of innocent lives.
ReplyDeleteI am a patient of Dr Vajira Senaratne and I find the article the exact opposite of what I have personally experienced. Since becoming personally acquainted with him thereafter, his professionalism, care, generosity and humble manner is exemplary and hard to find in today's society.
ReplyDeleteHe is not a gold digger. And if you want to go after gold diggers, go and meet our thick skinned politicians from ANY party. Leave those that make a difference alone and in peace.
Do not look up and spit - normally it lands on your face, no?
Despite hundreds of published studies showing that bypass surgery gives far better short term and long term results than angioplasty and stenting -- this is especially so in Diabetics -- cardiologists in Sri Lanka, and in fact the world over, are pushing patients to undergo angioplasty and stenting for reason no other than financial benefits. Drug companies who manufacture stents make a special payment to the cardiologist for every stent used. Doctors is turn pay people who refer patients.
ReplyDeleteMost patients are unaware ( and not told by the cardiologist)that:
1. 40% of stents including Drug eluting stents get blocked within 2 years
2. Bypass surgery is better for diabetics( and even for one vessel disease)
3. Bypass surgery is no riskier than Angioplasty
4. Costs less in the long term
Only disadvantages of surgery are
1. Longer hospital stay
2. More discomfort
3. longer recovery period
But the long term results are far superior. All the above comments can be confirmed by published articles available online. ( type 10 year results Bypass surgery Vs Angioplasty and stenting.
He is a god. He saved my sisters life in fractions of seconds after severe heart attack
ReplyDeleteReally liked the idea
ReplyDeleteDana Shivam Hospital is having the Best Cardiologist in Jaipur which deals with disorder in heart and parts of the circulatory system
Dr Vajira Senaratne.
ReplyDeleteA passionate doctor.
Also an expert in this field.
One year junior to me at medical school.
He attended on me too
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