Venkateshwar Hospital Associate Consultant Reviews

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As I work in ICU... I will write about it's drawbacks: 1. There are 3 main ICUs and 4 other HDUs Main ICU have around 12 beds. The HDUs have around 10 beds each but greedy owners have inserted extra bed between 2 beds to increase number. 2. Nurse to pt. Ratio in main ICUs is 1:4 usually but sometimes even less. Pt.s are obviously sicker and workload is heavy and 1:4 ratio is mind numbing most of the time. Nursing over takes 1 hr. Extra before and after duty as work doesn't finishes. 3. Most of the time evn TL is also looking after 4 patients apart from his administrative work. 4. Doctor patient ratio in ICU is 1:12 usually and may be 1:30 sometimes when others are on leave. It's inhuman. 5. ICU on most of the days remains full. HDUs continue to have new patients from ER. All work is online. And computer stations are less so nurses and doctors fight for it. 6. All doctors below Consultant level are equal. RMOs, SMOs, Attending and Associate Consultants work equally and singly. There is no senior or junior doctor in rota. Which means an RMO might be relieving an associate consultant or vice versa. So work done by an associate consultant is equal in quantity to an RMO. 6. Salary of RMOs come on 7th and of consultants come on 15th of every month. Why can't they pay on 1st of every month? 7. There are only 3 consultants who work from 9 to 5. 8.there is no weekly off. Duty has to be done in shifts of 6 hrs. Morning, evening, then night. No off. It gets boring. 9.only 2 annual leave per month. No sick leave or any other leave. Leaves do not carry forward at end of year. 10. Poor quality and quantity of nurses. So ultimately patient suffers. Sometimes there is only one nurse for 12 patients in HDU. So obviously doctors orders don't get followed or are followed late. 11. Ventilators, BIPAPS, NIV are less in number. 12. Administrators govern the doctors and sometimes can be bossy or rude over a night duty doctor working alone. So BDS or a plain MBBS with no experience can become administrator and boss over an associate consultant. 13.Crampy doctors room. No television or any form of entertainment or for relaxation. 14. Hardest part is when a single doctor works alone in ICU. There is no junior or senior to share work while other speciality consultants boss over you on rounds. 15. 1000 Rs are deducted per month from salary for consultant's club where coffee etc. Is available. It can not be refused. I am working now for many months and believe me I have not visited the so called club even for once. Because one never gets time and moreover the senior consultants who go their regularly never inform you of lunches etc that happen their on a regular basis....Read More

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Work timings: Strict Timings

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

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Work days: Monday to Saturday (Strict Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

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No advanced surgeries

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Work timings: Strict Timings