Prominent child specialist Dr Amarjeet Singh Sethi passed away in Haryana on Wednesday.
A resident of Gogjibagh Srinagar, Dr Sethi was the son ofprominent medico Dr Mohan Singh Sethi, who conducted his medical practice at aLal Chowk clinic for five decades. The deceased was at his sister’s place inHaryana at the time of his passing away.
Dr Amarjeet Singh Sethi was Professor and ex HOD Pediatrics,GMC Srinagar. He was the first Pediatrician from the Kashmir Valley to havegraduated and postgraduated from the prestigious All India Institute of MedicalSciences, New Delhi. He was the first to have publications in prestigious andindexed journals in early seventies. He was the first Pediatrician to introduceproper immunization of children in Kashmir Valley.
He supervised the Exchange Transfusion forhyperbilirubinemia in newborn babies in 1977 the first time in Kashmir. Hestarted Phototherapy treatment in Children Hospital Srinagar by making a Unittaking help from local carpenter, electrician and others.Hisstudents described him a great personality. He was a wonderful human being anda great teacher, his students said.