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Mr Mano Shanmuganathan 2018-06-06 Person 5 5 0

I am a 13 year old (12 years old at the at the time of my surgery) from Derry. I began to have frequent migraines, which became more and more frequent as time went on. I was referred to hospital around August 2017 by my GP who believed my symptoms were unusual. After some tests and questions, it was decided that I should have a precautionary MRI. Later on that day, I received the results. The results showed that I had a growth in the back of my head. Days/weeks after that, I was notified by phone that the chances of my having surgery were very high. I became very scared and worried about the weeks to come. We attended a consultation appointment in RBHSC. Mr. Shanmuganathan called my parents and I into his office and he told me the important information that I wanted and needed to know in terms that I could understand. He easily addressed all my concerns and calmed my worries with his kind and fun personality. We were required to go to the hospital one day before my surgery for tests and preparations etc. Later that night, Mano came to my ward, after a long, hard work day to make sure I was okay. He probably had lots of better things to do, but instead, he checked up on me, one of his many patients which I think was a very nice and kind thing to do. When I woke up the next morning (18/09/2017), Mano came to my room again and spoke to me about the surgery. Then, he wheeled me off to the operating theatre. I regained consciousness after the surgery and woke up to 2 nurses trying to fix me up for transfer into the ICU unit. Mano returned, not too long after the surgery, to check on me again. I spend 6 nights in hospital in total. At the end of each night Mano would come to my room to check up on me and tell me what was going on. It turned out to be a very successful surgery. I couldn’t have asked for a better doctor. What was a very scary experience, Mano also made it interesting by showing be before and after MRI scans of my head and he continues to do so at all of my check-ups. Though this is a review website for constructive criticism, I have no criticisms at all to give about this man. For anybody in a similar situation to mine, you are in the finest hands possible. From Patrick