Vatsala Sastry caused my elderly mother's heart failure and permanent disability by dosing her with a cocktail of last-resort antibiotics that she didn't even need. It's all about the insurance billing - some of these antibiotics are $500 each, and my mom was given three at a time. Sastry said my mom needed "5 or 6 weeks" of daily infusions; on day 10 she was rushed to ER with heart failure.
Sastry gave her Levaquin, which has a black box warning that it can cause heart failure in patients with a-fib. My mom has a-fib, and it's noted throughout her medical records.
Look up Sastry on the Florida Department of Health website and you'll see she has 3 deaths on her hands, plus permanent and temporary injuries. These are public records. Go to: apps.fldfs.com/PLCR/Search/MPLClaim.aspx, then input her name in the fields: Insured (Doctor's/Physician's) Last Name/First Name.
Her horrendous online reviews reflect the same pattern of behavior, but unfortunately we learned many things too late.
I believe Sastry used her "staff privileges" at Oak Hill Hospital (where she was assigned to my mother) to funnel patients to her filthy (literally) Suncoast Infusion Center upon their discharge. The hospital record clearly shows my mother did not have an infection, but Sastry blatantly lied in her clinic records, stating my mom had a bone infection. I reported all this to the CEO of Oak Hill Hospital, Mikey Smith, yet Sastry still has staff privileges.
Her Suncoast Infusion Center appears to be out of business, but that's likely due to Covid, versus her reputation.
I reported Sastry to the Florida Department of Health, but if three deaths and falsifying medical records didn't stop her, I don't have much hope that my mother's case will impact her career. I can only hope my review saves even one person from the life that my mother is now living. read more