Dr. Harshivinderjit Bains, MD

My husband has a brain injury that results in episodes of severe anxiety; when very stressed it makes him sob uncontrollably. This happened at his last visit. After his injection this time, which he said ALWAYS hurts, this dr shut the door for once, assumed a power pose with his arms crossed and told me his staff complained I was rude and proceeded to explain their "rules". I was blindsided. I 'll admit to not being cheerful but I wasn't rude. Not once did he not bother to ask if anything was wrong. Nor did he ask ME what happened. B4 he was seen I asked Dr Smith's staff for a referral to a Lufkin dr since we go weekly anyway. 20 min later I asked Bains staff only what the earliest appt they scheduled and if they could tell me about how long till he got called back. I asked his tech when we would see improvement in his condition. Those three encounters. He told me we were told we were welcome to leave but would not be eligible to return. Trust me, not a problem.

I visited 4 times, I think, about a year ago. The doctors were very short-spoken, unfriendly had ZERO bedside manners. I saw Dr. Patel for 3 injections and Dr. Bains for 1. There was no difference in the two. They did not give the numbing medicine time to work. I felt the needle go in and the pain lasted for hours. It was after the 4th visit that I knew I had to look elsewhere. I did, and the difference was night and day.

Fantastic!!

Been waiting to see him for over 4 hours. Has been this each visit.

Friendly and professional staff. No drama! Dr. Bains performed a NO NON SENSE examination. He will be performing surgery on my eyes soon.

Average wait time to see the Dr is over 4 hours. Then, he spends less than 10 nminutes. The office, while courteous though distant, is run so inefficiently that there is no respect for the elderly on their canes, walkers wheelchairs being shuffled all around. It is a cattlecall. Could drive your family to Dallas or HOuston to see a doctor, have a nice lunch and drive back faster than you can get through an appointment in Tyler or Palestine with Dr Bain. It is shameful. Not ebough chair

Excellent

Dr Bains successfully repaired a large macular hole in my retina. My vision improved from 20/400 to 20/50 in 8 weeks post surg. He is a responsive, compassionate, highly skilled professional. There were a couple of long waits to see him, but I never minded & it reminded me of his expertise in this field & his dedication to help all his patients in the E. TX area. He travels certain days of the week to help accommodate his patients, which was really appreciated after eye surg & no driving.

As a doctor he’s great! But the return office visits/follow ups are over scheduled to the point people end up waiting.6 hours or more! There are elderly people in their 80’s waiting this many hours and that breaks my heart!

I came to see Dr. Bains in 2009, having only one eye, which had a tear in the retina near the optic nerve, Dr. Bains did an extensive exam, and told Me He would try to save it. He had to do a surgery almost immediately. After about sixty trips later, numerous laser treatments I can still see. Another Dr. screwed up My cataract surgery misaligned the lens holding the pupil wide open , but My retina is still in stable, and I can see due to God, and Dr. Bains care . Highly recommend.

I take my dad to Dr. Bain's for treatment of macular degeneration. Each and every time we go for a visit, we are in the office for a minimum of 3 hours. Today, he had a dialation, exam and a shot and it took 4 hours! My opinion is that he overschedules his appointments and his patients end up being in his office for hours at a time. I can't believe that all retinal specialists treat their patients this same way.

Awesome doctor. I would very strongly recommend him to anyone with retinal problems. He leaves no stone unturned.

Excellent results with my retina issue repair. Professional, courteous, compassionate physician.