 My name is Dr. Thomas Kishan. I am a spine and scoliosis surgeon at Manipal Hospital, Bangalore. I specialize in spine surgeries in the lower back and in the cervical spine which includes dyskectomy surgeries, decompression surgeries, fusion surgeries and even scoliosis and kyphosis surgeries. I would like to convey to you physical consultation is advisable as opposed to video consultations. We have been doing video consultations over the lockdown but there is a limit or a limitation to video consultations in making a diagnosis and offering offering treatment solutions. So if you have significant symptoms that relating to the spine, I would advise you to seek a physical consultation and not to ignore your primary symptoms or primary illness. At Manipal Hospital we've taken very stringent precautions in the form of creating a separate COVID ward area. A separate entrance is kept in the interest of safety. Our OPD and IPD services remain open and risk stratification is in place. Thus we recommend you to consider visiting us for a physical consultation if your symptoms warrant and not to ignore your symptoms. Please visit our website to make an appointment or call a helpline if you need any assistance.