India PM to undergo heart surgery Saturday

New Delhi, Jan 23 (PTI) Indian Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh will undergo heart surgery Saturday at the All India
Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here, after tests at
the hospital had found cardiac blockages.

"Dr Manmohan Singh will undergo coronary artery bypass
graft surgery on January 24 at AIIMS," Prime Minister's Office
Spokesperson Deepak Sandhu said.

The surgery on the 76-year-old Prime Minister would be
performed by a team of doctors drawn from AIIMS and the Asian
Heart Institute, Mumbai, she said.

"The Prime Minister will be admitted to the hospital
today," she said, adding that the team conducting the surgery
would be supported by a team of doctors and technical staff
drawn from other departments of AIIMS.

The Prime Minister was discharged from the hospital
Thursday morning after he underwent angiography and other
tests on Monday.

A PMO statement had said Thursday night that doctors
attending on the Prime Minister are completing their medical
assessment to decide on the future course of treatment.

The multi-disciplinary medical team, which had
attended on the Prime Minister, was led by his personal
physician Dr K S Reddy.

Singh, who had undergone a coronary artery by-pass
surgery in the UK in 1990 and later angioplasty a few years
back, had complained of some chest pain after which a decision
to carry out the tests was taken. PTI