The Educational/Conversational Perspective
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: Let’s Talk About Your Gallbladder Surgery By Dr. Anil Khetarpal, (MBBS, MS, FAIS, FICS, FACS, FIMSA, FIAGES) If you’re reading this, you’re probably facing gallbladder surgery and have a dozen questions running through your mind. I get it. Let me walk you through everything you need to know in plain language, the way […]
The Innovation/Future-Forward Perspective
Endourology: When Science Fiction Becomes Medical Reality By Dr. Anil Khetarpal, (MBBS, MS, FAIS, FICS, FACS, FIMSA, FIAGES) Last month, a 35-year-old software engineer named Amit walked into my clinic, doubled over with the worst pain of his life. His CT scan showed a kidney stone the size of a large marble, sitting right where […]
The Empathetic Journey Perspective
LAVH: Walking Alongside Women Through Healing By Dr. Anil Khetarpal, (MBBS, MS, FAIS, FICS, FACS, FIMSA, FIAGES) I’ve learned that in women’s healthcare, listening is often more important than speaking. Every woman who walks into my office carries not just physical symptoms, but months or years of dismissed concerns, delayed diagnoses, and the quiet exhaustion […]
The Science-First Perspective
Bariatric Surgery: Understanding the Biological Revolution By Dr. Anil Khetarpal, (MBBS, MS, FAIS, FICS, FACS, FIMSA, FIAGES) Let me start with the facts: obesity affects over 650 million adults worldwide, and traditional weight loss methods have a 95% failure rate for severe cases. As a surgeon specializing in bariatric procedures, I approach this epidemic through […]
5 self help tactics for depression
Pangs of depression hold the abhorrent capacity to incapacitate a person. In today’s life, we have a lot of people suffering with underlying depression in view of fast changing values, expectations and poor support system. Depending on the extent and severity of underlying depression, you should seek medical help; depression help tactics are a grand […]
9 qualities of a doctor
Illness is an unwanted acquaintance that knocks during the oddest of hours. It might fall unbeknownst to you, leaving you with little opportunity to think and react sensibly. Behavioral Sciences have established that a person is prone to think irrationally under stressful situations; more the stress, more the deviance from obvious logics. You must practice […]
RML Hospital, My Alma Mater
By Dr. Anil Khetarpal, Laparo-Endoscopic Surgeon. Med-Enterpreneur. Free-Thinker. Devotee of Lord Krishna. Non-Conformist. Avid-Reader. Bariatric Surgeon. Philantropist. During my stint at my Alma Mater, Dr R M L Hospital, New Delhi, I used to start seeing my admitted patients and in spite of starting my ward rounds early, these used to extend till early afternoon. […]
God Gives Nuts, But He Doesn’t Crack Them
By Dr. Anil Khetarpal, Laparo-Endoscopic Surgeon. Med-Enterpreneur. Free-Thinker. Devotee of Lord Krishna. Non-Conformist. Avid-Reader. Bariatric Surgeon. Philantropist. Life is an equal opportunity beneath the sheaths. It doesn’t eschew one at the face value, but embraces people with a clear mind and warrior instinct. The chances are equal; everyone gets the same supply of sunrays and […]
Good Looking Apples are Sometimes Sour
By Dr. Anil Khetarpal, Laparo-Endoscopic Surgeon. Med-Enterpreneur. Free-Thinker. Devotee of Lord Krishna. Non-Conformist. Avid-Reader. Bariatric Surgeon. Philantropist. Life is a glorious outcome of little pieces of randomness where events are not as random as they seem in the first sight. For every little thought there lies a motive in the backseat; conscious, unconscious or subconscious. […]
Sweat is, at Times, Pricier Than Blood
By Dr. Anil Khetarpal, Laparo-Endoscopic Surgeon. Med-Enterpreneur. Free-Thinker. Devotee of Lord Krishna. Non-Conformist. Avid-Reader. Bariatric Surgeon. Philantropist. Certain things in life are not cultivated; they either exist or they don’t. I feel my penchant to become a Surgeon had been an ordeal of my ultimate destiny, and I carried this as a part of my […]