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Consultation Only - Dr. Raj Sood, Eskanazie Hospital, Indianapolis, IN, Lacks Compassion and Humanity. - Indianapolis, IN

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My Bariatric Life
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Sood came extremely highly recommended to me by several plastic surgeons and other healthcare professionals. Indeed, he is among an elite group being 1 of 35 or so chiefs of plastic surgery in the nation. Sood specializes in successfully treating the scars of burn victims. In fact when I met him it was in the burn center of Eskanazie hospital. Although I was not a burn victim, I had a contracted scar and degraded tissue that was not vascualarized and just bands of collagen -- this was a serious complication from a brachioplasty. The contracted scar was very similar to that of a burn victim. That is why so many clinicians sent me to him. In fact, my physical therapist told me that she had never seen a contracted scar as bad as mine and she had worked with burn patients.

After coming through months of depression and anxiety over the complication, I felt very hopeful when Sood told me he was 1 of only 3 plastic surgeons using IPL laser to treat scars, and that he had treated burn victims with scars much larger than mine. He said I would have a very good outcome. He seemed to really know his stuff and he seemed very nice; I did not understand why patients on Vitals.com wrote that he lacked compassion.

Sood said the surgery would probably be covered by my insurance as it was corrective not cosmetic because I had lost the full range of motion in my arm owing to the contracted scar. He also was going to do a series of z-plasties and use Alloderm tissue matrix to promote healthy cell growth rather than do a skin graft, which was a huge relief to me.

I awaited insurance approval and a surgery date. One day his nurse called me and I was excited to hear good news. Instead of a surgery date, she told me that Sood had declined to do my surgery. I pleaded with her to have him reconsider. But I never received a callback.

It is true, he lacks compassion just like the other reviews have stated. I don't understand how a plastic surgeon (or any HCP) could refuse to help a patient. How can these people live with themselves? Where is the humanity?

My insurance only covers Sood's hospital so I am out of options, at least for now. My arm remains injured and it may become a permanent injury without timely and proper treatment.

My Bariatric Life's provider

Raj Sood

Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

Replies (6)

November 4, 2014
One day he gives you hope and another he sends his nurse to call you and give you the bad news smh!! :-( not proper. At least call yourself and explain don't pass the buck. Sorry girl!! Hopefully you will find someone to help you.
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November 7, 2014
Thank you TT!
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November 19, 2014
Did you have to pay him $3000 for a consult? That's outrageous!
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November 20, 2014
No. That was for the surgery and I never paid that because we were awaiting insurance approval. But his hospital is the only one covered by my insurance and since he won't do the surgery I now have to wait until I have new insurance next year. Add to that my $5000 deductible was already paid for this year, and that will not carry over to another year or another insurance policy. He knew all of this. But it did not stop him. As well, now I have to start all over with finding a surgeon who can fix this mess without doing a skin graft and who can get rid of the scar as well as Sood claimed he could and whom I feel safe with and trust. I don't even want to think about it. It stresses me out. And I don;t even know if I wait will it be too late to fix my arm?
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August 27, 2016
Why did he decline?
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February 10, 2017
The nurse told me that he said I asked too many questions. How many questions would be too much for a patent to ask about her surgery? Well, apparently Sood believes 3 questions are too many. Yes, 3.