Overview
- Kavita Khanna says doctors found lung lesions in 2001 after years of heavy smoking, with specialists advising removal of half a lung.
- She recounts consulting Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, securing an AIIMS Delhi opinion to defer surgery, and having Vinod practice Sudarshan Kriya at a Rishikesh ashram.
- According to her, follow-up checks in Germany and London then showed no trace of lung cancer.
- She adds that he was diagnosed with bladder cancer in 2010, was told his two‑year survival odds were 25% with full allopathic treatment, and underwent panchkarma before US scans reportedly showed remission.
- Vinod Khanna died in 2017 of advanced bladder carcinoma in Mumbai, and she says he was urged to stop drinking after the reported remission.