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{{Infobox person
| name = Gulshan Rai Khatri
| image = The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Padma Shri Award to Dr. Gulshan Rai Khatri, at an Investiture Ceremony-II, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on April 20, 2013.jpg
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| caption = The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Padma Shri Award to Dr. Gulshan Rai Khatri, at an Investiture Ceremony-II, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on April 20, 2013.
| birth_date = July 10, 1944
| birth_place = Dera Ismail Khan, North-West Frontier Province, India (now in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan)
| death_date = July 16, 2020
| death_place = Shanti Mukand Hospital, Delhi
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| occupation = Physician, public health expert
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| spouse = Anita Khatri (née- Tandon)
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| children = Rajat Rai Khatri, Shilpa Khatri Babbar
| parents = Jamandas Khatri, Krishna Kumari Khatri
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]]
}}'''Gulshan Rai Khatri''' was an Indian medical doctor and public health specialist,<ref name="IMA">{{cite web | url=http://imaapstate1.blogspot.ae/2013/01/ima-is-proud-to-congratulate-following.html | title=IMA | publisher=IMA | date=2013 | access-date=25 October 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025083407/http://imaapstate1.blogspot.ae/2013/01/ima-is-proud-to-congratulate-following.html | archive-date=25 October 2014 | url-status=dead }}</ref> known for his efforts in curbing the disease of tuberculosis worldwide.<ref name="Lancet" /> He was honoured by the [[Government of India]], in 2013, by bestowing on him the [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest civilian award, for his contributions to the fields of medicine and medical education. In 2018, he was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a form of blood cancer and after a long array of health problems, he succumbed to a heart and lung seizure on July 16, 2020.<ref name="Padma 2013">{{cite web | url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=91838 | title=Padma 2013 | publisher=Press Information Bureau, Government of India | date=25 January 2013 | access-date=10 October 2014}}</ref>

==Biography==
{{quotebox|align = right|width=21em|''The only way to control MDR tuberculosis is to stop producing it, But that seems to have taken a back seat. Districts not running good DOTS programmes, need to be first strengthened for DOTS before rolling out PMDT (Programmatic Management of MDR tuberculosis)'', says Dr. Gulshan Rai Khatri.<ref name="Lancet">{{cite web | url=http://download.thelancet.com/flatcontentassets/lanres/edch/131112_1_2.pdf | title=Lancet | publisher=Lancet | date=November 2012 | access-date=25 October 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130313103534/http://download.thelancet.com/flatcontentassets/lanres/edch/131112_1_2.pdf | archive-date=13 March 2013 | url-status=dead }}</ref>}}

Gulshan Rai Khatri hailed from Dera Ismail Khan but shifted to Delhi along with his family after the partition of India. He graduated in medicine from the [[Maulana Azad Medical College]] in the city in 1966.<ref name="MAMC">{{cite web | url=http://www.softronindia.com/mamc/batch_mates.htm | title=MAMC | publisher=MAMC | date=2001 | access-date=25 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="Yahoo groups">{{cite web | url=https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/mamc1961/conversations/topics/380 | title=Yahoo groups | publisher=Yahoo groups | date=2013 | access-date=25 October 2014}}</ref> He also secured post graduate degrees of DPH and MD with specialization in community medicine.<ref name="Ind Medica">{{cite web | url=http://www.indmedica.com/directory.php?directory=doctor&catid=4&num=10&start=191&action=detail&id=8811 | title=Ind Medica | publisher=Ind Medica | date=2014 | access-date=25 October 2014}}</ref>

Khatri joined the [[Government of India]] in 1966, after his graduation, and, over the years, rose in rank to head the nationwide tuberculosis programme. During his tenure, he managed what is rated by many as the largest ''Directly Observed Short Course'' (DOTS) TB and [[chronic obstructive pulmonary disease]] (COPD) treatment in history which started with 18 million patients in 1998 and covered 500 million patients<ref name="Lancet" /> at the time of his retirement from service in 2002. During this period, it is reported that the death rate due to the disease was brought down to 5 per cent.{{citation needed|date=August 2015}}

After his retirement, Khatri joined [[World Lung Foundation]] as a technical advisor on lung health<ref name="WLF">{{cite web | url=http://www.worldlungfoundation.org/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/9158 | title=WLF | publisher=WLF | date=2008 | access-date=25 October 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025082028/http://www.worldlungfoundation.org/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/9158 | archive-date=25 October 2014 | url-status=dead }}</ref> and also worked as a member of the [[World Health Organization]] Expert Advisory Panel on Tuberculosis.<ref name="Lancet" /> He also participated in workshops and seminars to deliver keynote addresses as a global consultant.<ref name="Dhulika">{{cite web | url=http://www.dhulikhelhospital.org/index.php/component/k2/itemlist/category/52-news-dh | title=Dhulika | publisher=Dhulika | date=2013 | access-date=25 October 2014}}</ref>

Gulshan Rai Khatri was honoured by the [[Government of India]] with the civilian award of [[Padma Shri]], in 2013.

==See also==
* [[Maulana Azad Medical College]]
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{cite web | url=http://www.theindianpanorama.com/2013/04/08/president-confers-padma-awards/ | title=Padma Awards List | publisher=Indian Panorama | date=2014 | access-date=12 October 2014}}
* {{cite web | url=http://pib.nic.in/release/press_ph4.asp?kk=20-04-2013%2020:23:19 | title=Padma Award Investiture - Photo Gallery | publisher=Press Information Bureau, Government of India | date=2013 | access-date=25 October 2014}}

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