Mr Sanjay Chaudhri 2017-05-26 Person 5 5 0

Earlier this year my mother (aged 76) went to GP complaining of severe tiredness. After a few blood tests she was told she was anaemic and it was probable that she had a bleed somewhere between her esophagus and her bowel, so she was referred to a gastroenterologist at the Spire. On further investigation a 4cm cancerous polyp was found in her sigmoid colon along with an area of diverticulitis. My Mother was referred to a surgeon at the Spire (not Mr Chaudhri) for open surgery. After speaking to friends and researching laparoscopic surgery on the internet it became clear that open surgery was not the best choice for her. I voiced my concerns to the surgeon and it was then that we met Mr Chaudhri. He has such a lovely manner and he made my mother feel comfortable from the minute we met him. He did everything possible to make her feel at ease at the most difficult time of her life when she felt vulnerable and scared. We were confident she was in safe hands. Mr Chaudhri organised my mother to have laproscopic surgery to remove the offending section of bowel and create a temporary stoma, throughout this process he took time to explain every step. After the surgery he visited my mother regularly and made sure that she had all the relevant aftercare in place including his fantastic team of stoma nurses. Mr Chaudhri will be reversing my mother's stoma in a month. She feels well and is cancer free. She is able to move about and get on with her life only two weeks after surgery. We are very thankful that Mr Chaudhri was able to take over my mother's case as I'm sure things would not have gone as smoothly had we have gone along with the open surgery root. He is clearly a very skilled surgeon and a caring man.