My mother-in-law has been a patient of Dr. Garg's for decades. She has always stated how wonderful he is and seeing the awards he's received plastered on his wall, we never considered that she was not getting proper care.
Our opinion of him changed several years ago when we had to get financial conservatorship over her and the court requested a letter of recommendation from the doctor. We went in and talked with him about it. In turn, he asked her exactly 3 questions. How many nickels are in a dollar? She answered correctly. Who is the current president? She answered incorrectly stating it was the previous president. And do you feel like you are doing well with your finances? She answered yes. We had her bank statements with us showing that she was bouncing checks and writing checks for thousands that she did not have and proof that she was falling for timeshare related scams. He cleared her as financially fit and would not provide the letter. Thankfully, the courts were understanding that we didn't have the letter.
Then, a few months ago, I took her for her IV and Dr. Garg himself had to run the IV since the usual ladies were off. He did not get the needle in her vein. He put an entire bag of fluid in her hand! It swelled to twice the normal size and was very painful for her. He didn't seem to care!
We ended up moving away from that area and found a new Neurologist. I asked for her records and Dr. Garg's office provided me with false documents!!! In the last 10 years I've been taking her to her appointments he has not once checked her vitals, weight, etc. He has not altered her medications. Yet all the records provided claimed multiple appointments where these things occurred!!!
Then, first appointment with the new neurologist he was shocked to find out that an MS patient had not been receiving regular EEG's or MRI's. He was absolutely astounded. Also, the IV medication she has been receiving is not recommended for long term AND is not helpful in preventing the progression of MS.
Now that we know, I do intend to report Dr. Garg to the medical board. read more
