With around 8 years of experience, Dr Neetu Modgil, MS (ENT) is an ENT (Ear, Nose & Throat) and is a consultant at KIMS Hospital, Hyderabad. Her expertise is in different types of ENT surgeries as well as treating and operating ENT emergencies.
What is the best thing you enjoy about treating patients?
For me, treating patients and helping them to enjoy their beautiful lives is the best thing about my profession.
When is a patient easy to treat?
When patients trust their doctors, the process of treating them becomes easier.
When is a patient difficult to treat?
Doubts about doctor and the treatment decreases compliance, which further makes our jobs difficult to do.
How helpful is it to the treatment course, if the patient is knowledgeable about the treatment procedure, benefits, risks etc.?
It is very helpful as it saves our energy on counselling. However, their source of information should be authentic and reliable, otherwise it will lead to misinformation and further doubts.
How can a patient improve their knowledge about the treatment procedure?
Patients can gather information from reliable healthcare websites and other sources to know about their treatment procedure.
How does medical misinformation act as a problem in the overall treatment procedure?
Medical misinformation is a challenge, and it takes more of our energy to counsel and clear doubts. It also impacts our efforts for other patients in queue. Patients also suffer due to this as a lot of them fall for such misinformation and end up hurting themselves more.
A few advice that you always give to your patients
Please trust authentic healthcare websites for medical information. Always work on holistic health as each and every system of our body is interconnected.
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