History

I was born in Command Hospital at the Armed Forces Medical College, Pune on 2nd October 1954. It is a special day as it coincides with the birthday of the great Mahatama Gandhiji, the torch bearer of the Indian Freedom Movement. My mother, in later years, used to tell me [...]

My formal education started quite late. I started school at the age of 6 years. Although my schooling started late, I didn't really suffer much as my mother used to teach me at home. By the time I stepped in class I, I was familiar with every bit of academic [...]

There is an interesting story behind my admission to medical college. Those were the days when I was excelling in sports and got to play state level as well. Selection for national level basketball team were round the corner and my classmates, Ashok Gupta, Captain of Rajasthan team, and Dinesh [...]

There comes a phase when you are totally at the mercy of your heart. When there is an unswerving clash between the head and the heart. While the former undoubtedly helps you make good choices, the latter makes you end up in an immense deal of trouble. Life is surely [...]

I was Senior Resident and Registrar at Dr R M L Hospital, New Delhi in the 1980s. The official time for duty shift was 09:00 AM but I started the day's work at 08:00 AM. I used to start by seeing the admitted patients under my unit followed by surgeries. [...]

I formally inaugurated 'Khetarpal Hospital' on 3rd March 1992 amidst a congregation of family and close friends. On the opening day of my hospital, I performed 7 surgeries which is a feat in itself. I had to start from the scratch. My brother Dr. Vinod khetarpal extended a very generous [...]

It was a few years down the line I first heard about the surgical treatment for obesity. Obese patients would come up to me and would ask me to help them shed weight. These were the people who had virtually tried all possible weight loss measures e.g. getting religiously enrolled [...]

Orkut, the social media pioneer website,took the world by storm and I was no exception. I opened my orkut account in the year 2007, and to my delight, I could find a lot of ex-colleagues, acquaintances and long-lost friends on the site. I hardly get any free time during the [...]

The year was 2005. My life was cruising at a smooth pace when suddenly an unfortunate incident happened which simply shattered me. One fine day , a female patient came to my OPD with some non-specific complaints. I referred her to the in - house psychologist. On careful history taking, [...]

Although I prayed to God every day but I was never very religiously oriented. I belong to the Aryasamaj faith and my family used to conduct havan every day. But I never took part in them, instead for me the mantra was 'Work is Worship'. The nightmare from which I [...]