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PM to undergo cardiac surgery in AIIMS Saturday
New Delhi, Jan 23 (PTI) Indian Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh will undergo a heart bypass surgery Saturday for which
he was admitted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences
(AIIMS) Friday.
"Dr Manmohan Singh will undergo coronary artery bypass
graft surgery on January 24 at AIIMS," PMO Spokesperson Deepak
Sandhu said.
In view of the fact that Singh, 76, will be undergoing
the surgery and would be taking rest two to three weeks,
External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee is likely to
officiate in his absence.
"In the absence of Singh, Mukherjee presides over the
Cabinet meetings," a senior Congress leader said adding what
was informal earlier will become formal.
At the All India Congress Committee (AICC) briefing,
spokesman Manish Tewari said that in the absence of the Prime
Minister, there is a procedure laid down on how the affairs of
the government will be carried out.
Heart bypass, which the Prime Minister had undergone
18 years ago in London, involves grafting of arteries of veins
from elsewhere in the patient's body to the coronary arteries
to bypass atherosclerotic narrowings and improve the blood
supply to the coronary circulation supplying the heart muscle.
A PMO statement said the surgery would be performed by
a team of doctors drawn from AIIMS and the Asian Heart
Institute, Mumbai. They would be backed by a team of doctors
and technical staff drawn from other departments of AIIMS.
Singh, who complained of chest pain, was admitted to
the AIIMS on Wednesday and discharged Thursday morning after
undergoing coronary angiography and a series of other tests.
According to hospital sources, some blockages have
been detected in his heart vessels in the tests conducted
on Wednesday.
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 (AHI), Mumbai, Sandhu said.
The team conducting the surgery would be supported by
doctors and technical staff drawn from other departments of
AIIMS, she said.
The surgical team from AHI will include Rama Kant
Panda, cardiac surgeon, Vijay Desilva, ICU specialist, and
Narendra Garach, anesthetist, hospital sources said.
"The team has brought about 20 boxes of special
equipment with it. Earlier, Dr K S Reddy (the PM's personal
physician) had discussions with Dr Panda in connection with
the line of treatment to be followed," they said.
Indications that Mukherjee, the senior most member in
the Cabinet after the Prime Minister, would be asked to
officiate came early in the morning when he called on Congress
President Sonia Gandhi and discussed matters against the
backdrop of Prime Minister's hospitalisation.
Mukherjee, who is also Leader of the Lok Sabha, heads
a number of Group of Ministers (GoMs) and had presided over
Cabinet meetings in the absence Prime Minister earlier too.
Singh will undergo a heart bypass surgery Saturday for which
he was admitted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences
(AIIMS) Friday.
"Dr Manmohan Singh will undergo coronary artery bypass
graft surgery on January 24 at AIIMS," PMO Spokesperson Deepak
Sandhu said.
In view of the fact that Singh, 76, will be undergoing
the surgery and would be taking rest two to three weeks,
External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee is likely to
officiate in his absence.
"In the absence of Singh, Mukherjee presides over the
Cabinet meetings," a senior Congress leader said adding what
was informal earlier will become formal.
At the All India Congress Committee (AICC) briefing,
spokesman Manish Tewari said that in the absence of the Prime
Minister, there is a procedure laid down on how the affairs of
the government will be carried out.
Heart bypass, which the Prime Minister had undergone
18 years ago in London, involves grafting of arteries of veins
from elsewhere in the patient's body to the coronary arteries
to bypass atherosclerotic narrowings and improve the blood
supply to the coronary circulation supplying the heart muscle.
A PMO statement said the surgery would be performed by
a team of doctors drawn from AIIMS and the Asian Heart
Institute, Mumbai. They would be backed by a team of doctors
and technical staff drawn from other departments of AIIMS.
Singh, who complained of chest pain, was admitted to
the AIIMS on Wednesday and discharged Thursday morning after
undergoing coronary angiography and a series of other tests.
According to hospital sources, some blockages have
been detected in his heart vessels in the tests conducted
on Wednesday.
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 (AHI), Mumbai, Sandhu said.
The team conducting the surgery would be supported by
doctors and technical staff drawn from other departments of
AIIMS, she said.
The surgical team from AHI will include Rama Kant
Panda, cardiac surgeon, Vijay Desilva, ICU specialist, and
Narendra Garach, anesthetist, hospital sources said.
"The team has brought about 20 boxes of special
equipment with it. Earlier, Dr K S Reddy (the PM's personal
physician) had discussions with Dr Panda in connection with
the line of treatment to be followed," they said.
Indications that Mukherjee, the senior most member in
the Cabinet after the Prime Minister, would be asked to
officiate came early in the morning when he called on Congress
President Sonia Gandhi and discussed matters against the
backdrop of Prime Minister's hospitalisation.
Mukherjee, who is also Leader of the Lok Sabha, heads
a number of Group of Ministers (GoMs) and had presided over
Cabinet meetings in the absence Prime Minister earlier too.
