Indian PM may not be discharged Saturday

New Delhi, Jan 31 (PTI) Indian Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh may not be discharged Saturday from AIIMS, where he is
recuperating after a coronary bypass surgery, as doctors
attending on him want to monitor him further.

"We may not discharge him (Prime Minister) today as we
want to monitor his condition further," Dr Vijay D'Silva, who
is one of the doctors attending on him, said.

He said the Prime Minister's condition was stable and
he followed his morning routine of exercises, reading
newspapers followed by breakfast. He also took a walk outside
his room in the hospital.

Dr D'Silva of Mumbai-based Asian Heart Institute had
Friday said the Prime Minister would be discharged Saturday if
"everything goes right till that time or we might consider to
extend it (his stay) to Sunday."

He said a decision to extend the 76-year-old leader's
stay in the hospital would be taken by the team of doctors led
by his personal physician Dr K S Reddy and AHI surgeon Dr
Ramakant Panda.

The Prime Minister underwent a complex coronary
're-do' bypass surgery at AIIMS on January 24 and was moved
out of the ICU January 28 and all his monitoring devices have
been removed.

The Prime Minister's Office in a statement Friday had
said that Singh is convalescing very well at AIIMS and he has
increased his levels of physical activity and his dietary
intake as well.

Ahead of his discharge, doctors are in the process of
installing all the required machines at his official residence
to monitor his condition.

Cardiac rehabilitation specialist Dr Ashish Contractor
from ASI and Dr D'Silva besides three nurses from the AHI
will monitor the Prime Minister's condition at his residence
after he is discharged from AIIMS.

While Dr D'Silva will take care of the Prime Minister
for a few days, Dr Contractor will stay back for a week and
the nurses for about three weeks to monitor the Prime
Minister's health.

The nurses will report to the doctors at the ASI. PTI
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