Dr. Avnish Seth
MBBS, MD - General Medicine, DM - Gastroenterology
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67% (168 patients)
Dr. Avnish Seth is Head - Medical Gastroenterology Hepatology And Manipal Organ Sharing & Transplant at Manipal Hospital. He then worked as a consultant to the Armed Forces In Gastroenterology And Hepatobiliary Sciences with a special interest in advanced GI Endoscopic procedures and treatment of liver disorders. In 2004 he was appointed as a head of the department at the prestigious army hospital (research & referral) New Delhi where he was designated Gastroenterologist to the president of India. He initiated the DNB (Gastroenterology) program in 2004. In 2006 he concluded a 6 months Fellowship in Liver Transplantation in the UK and established a successful liver transplant program at army hospital (R&R). Formerly, professor of medicine at Delhi University (2004) and Indraprastha University (2008), he has served as governing council member for Indian Society Of Gastroenterology (ISG) and Society Of GI Endoscopy Of India (SGEI). In 2007, Dr. Seth launched the Armed Forces Organ Retrieval & Transplantation Authority (AORTA). As a founding director, he spearheaded the most successful campaign on organ donation after brain death in north India which has resulted in over 70 liver transplants, 140 kidney and cornea transplants and 3 heart transplants. He was a member of the government of India, ministry of health & family welfare committee on the formulation of national guidelines for liver transplantation in 2007. He was awarded the Vishisht Sewa medal for meritorious service by the president of India on 26 January 2009. Dr. Seth took premature retirement from armed forces medical services in 2009. He then headed the department of Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases at BLK Superspeciality Hospital from 2009-11. He completed a Fellowship in Endoscopic Ultrasound from the Medical University Of South Carolina And University Of Alabama Birmingham, the USA in 2011. He also joined Fortis Group Of Hospitals in 2012. Dr. Seth has a special interest in advance GI endoscopic procedures and has over 100 publications to his name.
Patient Stories for Dr. Avnish Seth
The doctor explained everything clearly and was excellent in his approach. However, the waiting time was quite long, around four hours, which was a bit inconvenient. Overall, I would rate the experience as good and would recommend the doctor.
Visited For Health Checkup Plans
My experience with Dr. Avnish Seth was good and overall fine. The doctor explained everything clearly, and the clinic visit went smoothly with no issues. I would recommend Dr. Seth to others.
I was kept waiting for a long time, and when the doctor finally came, he did not give adequate attention or properly answer our questions* * **** ******* *** ********* **** ******* he recommended a test, but after a positive result, said no treatment was needed.
I was dissatisfied with the booking process because the appointment I made through Tractor was not considered valid, making the booking useless for me.
I had a good experience with Dr. Avnish Seth. He explained everything clearly, and the clinic staff were also good. Overall, I am satisfied with the visit.
The doctor explained everything clearly during the consultation.
I had a good consultation with the doctor. He listened to me and explained things clearly.
Visited For Pancreatitis, Pancreatic Stones, Pseudocyst
The doctor explained everything clearly and the consultation was good. However, the visit took a long time, which was inconvenient as it got late. Overall, I would rate the experience as average.
Visited For Gastro and Liver Disease Treatment
The doctor explained everything clearly and the consultation was very good. However, the waiting time was quite long, as I was scheduled for 11 o'clock but saw the doctor only at 12. Overall, the experience was positive despite the delay.
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For my mother; he had to choose between tuberculosis and cancer for diagnosis. And he did very very expensive tests ****** * ****** to do that. And even after this he chose incorrectly i.e. tuberculosis, wasted our 3 precious months.
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We went to him after CT scan showed lesion on liver + pain-in-abdomen + weight-loss(15Kg) and several lymph nodes around pancreas. He did ultrasound-guided FNA, fibroscan, blood-tests, HPV-DNA etc ***** * ****** ** ****** ******* ***** ************* ***** *** ***** ** ************
He said to us, that my mother has so many lymph-nodes that she would not be alive if it is cancer and therefore it is definitely tuberculosis.
Trusting his judgement, seniority, reputation our mother was started on modified-tuberculosis treatment with regular follow-ups in 15 days. In every such video-consultation, my mother told him that she is feeling nausea, loss-of-appetite, vomitting, loss-of-sleep. And he gave us just 2 mins, ****** prescribed her ************ ************ *********pill etc. and carried on with her treatment. And this was the case for 3 months.
For last 15 days, her condition deteriorated. And we tried reaching him over phone (via her assitant), whatsapp but he continued to stay non-responsive. This forced us to consult another physician in a different hospital. *** **** ********** ** ******** *** ******** *********** ******* ********** ******* *** ************* ** *** ************ ** ********* **** ****** ** ** ***** ** ***** ******* ***** ** ********** *** ********* ******* When questioned, he didn't provide any rational explaination on what basis he ruled out cancer in initial diagnosis.
As per him, he started TB treatment (and sticked with it for 3 months, which is a really really long time) basis his intution. ** *** *** **** *** *** ******** ** **** *** ******* And he didn't shared with us that, **** ** *** ********* *** ** ** ***** **** ********** ** *** ******* ****** ** **** *******
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