New Delhi, Jan 24 (PTI) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today underwent a successful coronary by-pass surgery in which five grafts were done to overcome multiple blockages to heart in an operation that lasted for a little over eleven hours.
"He is conscious, responding and is very stable. He would be more active now than before the five grafts," Dr Ramakant Panda, a specialist in re-do by-pass flown in from Mumbai's Asian Heart Institute who performed the surgery leading a team of doctors, told a press conference in the night here.
Dr K S Reddy, the Prime Minister's personal physician, said they expected the Prime Minister to attend to some of the official duties after two weeks, most of his official duties after four weeks and be fully active and functional by six weeks or even before. "He will be more active now".
One reason why the Prime Minister opted for an immediate surgery was he wanted to be ready and fully active well before the elections, Dr Sampath Kumar, Head of the Cardio Vascular Department at the AIIMS said.
Replying to a question, Dr Panda said that there was no setback on the operation table and since it was a second by-pass, the surgery took so long. There were no complications.
The Prime Minister will be in the ICU for three days and spend a total of seven to eight days in the hospital.
Describing Singh as a "tranquil, calm and composed" person, Reddy said the Prime Minister told the doctors before he was wheeled in "I am ready".
Source: PTI
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"He is conscious, responding and is very stable. He would be more active now than before the five grafts," Dr Ramakant Panda, a specialist in re-do by-pass flown in from Mumbai's Asian Heart Institute who performed the surgery leading a team of doctors, told a press conference in the night here.
Dr K S Reddy, the Prime Minister's personal physician, said they expected the Prime Minister to attend to some of the official duties after two weeks, most of his official duties after four weeks and be fully active and functional by six weeks or even before. "He will be more active now".
One reason why the Prime Minister opted for an immediate surgery was he wanted to be ready and fully active well before the elections, Dr Sampath Kumar, Head of the Cardio Vascular Department at the AIIMS said.
Replying to a question, Dr Panda said that there was no setback on the operation table and since it was a second by-pass, the surgery took so long. There were no complications.
The Prime Minister will be in the ICU for three days and spend a total of seven to eight days in the hospital.
Describing Singh as a "tranquil, calm and composed" person, Reddy said the Prime Minister told the doctors before he was wheeled in "I am ready".
Source: PTI
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