My wife went to Dr. Alsolaiman for a throat stricture to have her throat stretched so that she could swallow more easily. When we went to the hospital, the Dr. came in just for a brief moment before the procedure, clearly rushed, and didn't let her ask any questions or say anything before he left. My wife has a medical condition that makes her epithelial tissues less elastic than normal, and the Dr. had been told this on previous occasions but obviously didn't remember it this time because when my wife came back from the procedure Dr. Alsolaiman told me that he had tried to push her throat expansion as much as possible so she might not have to come back for a second one later. End result: HE TORE A HOLE IN MY WIFE'S THROAT between her esophagus and windpipe, resulting in horrible pain and a 4 day hospital stay. To add insult to injury, he then CHARGED US A COPAY for him to come back into the room for 15 seconds and tell her that he had done so. He literally walked into the room, said "there is a tear in your throat that will require a stay in the hospital" and left, and charged us $45 to do it. Overall, my wife spent 4 days in the hospital (with all the pain you would expect a torn esophagus would cause), we spent $1,200+ on the procedure that was supposed to be a 15 minute outpatient surgery because Alsolaiman rushed through it and didn't read his patient's chart. I would not recommend this doctor to anyone. I'm sure he's usually competent and capable, but if he does this once he can do it again. I was disgusted by this whole experience with him.
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