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Sukirti Khandpal puts career on hold for sister
Sukirti Khandpal, who was initially seen portraying the role of Dr. Ridhima on Dil Mill Gayye (Star One) some time ago, had to leave the show suddenly. We recently found out why: she has been taking care of her elder sister who suffered a serious train accident.
Sukirti Khandpal, who was initially seen portraying the role of Dr. Ridhima on Dil Mill Gayye (Star One) some time ago, had to leave the show suddenly. We recently found out why: she has been taking care of her elder sister who suffered a serious train accident.
Sukirti's 23 year old sister Bhavna met with a train accident last year in February and was hospitalised in the ICU for one month at Bombay Hospital. The actress tells us, "She met with a train accident near Mahalaxmi and suffered multiple injuries to her head. Her condition is termed as 'diffused axonal injury', wherein a person loses five years of his/her memory. Due to this accident, there were many blood clots in her brain but now she is much better."
Khandpal stays in Mumbai with her sister as her parents are settled in Nainital. She says that in their time of need, it has been her boyfriend who has been a great support. She adds, "I was doing Jersey No. 10 when this happened. My sister is just two years older than me and before she met with an accident, she was working with a London based publishing house. It was a very difficult phase in my life because only my sister and I were here. Through that time, my boyfriend was the one who supported me. In fact, he has done much more for my sister than for me!"
The actress says that as she was busy with DMG, she couldn't take good care of her sibling and now she is glad to be there for her. "I am happy because now that I am at home, I am able to look after her. She recently underwent a leg surgery and now we are working on her rehabilitation. This includes rehabilitating the plutonic memory and physiotherapy, which includes muscle relaxing exercises," says the actress.
Talking about her sister's condition now, Sukirti says, "She is recovering now. There are four stages of recovery. The first is the patient being out of her senses, second is when she's just got back to her senses, third is when she turns very aggressive and the last one is the recovery stage. My sister is now in the last stage and in another 3-4 months, she should completely recover."
Because she is looking after her sister, Sukirti says she will only get back to work after a while. "I am considering few things, if something interesting comes up, I'll definitely give it a thought," she signs off.
The actress says that as she was busy with DMG, she couldn't take good care of her sibling and now she is glad to be there for her. "I am happy because now that I am at home, I am able to look after her. She recently underwent a leg surgery and now we are working on her rehabilitation. This includes rehabilitating the plutonic memory and physiotherapy, which includes muscle relaxing exercises," says the actress.
Talking about her sister's condition now, Sukirti says, "She is recovering now. There are four stages of recovery. The first is the patient being out of her senses, second is when she's just got back to her senses, third is when she turns very aggressive and the last one is the recovery stage. My sister is now in the last stage and in another 3-4 months, she should completely recover."
Because she is looking after her sister, Sukirti says she will only get back to work after a while. "I am considering few things, if something interesting comes up, I'll definitely give it a thought," she signs off.
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