President Ram Nath Kovind underwent cardiac bypass surgery on the morning of March 30 at AIIMS, New Delhi.
A statement from the President’s Secretariat said that the surgery was successful.
“He [President Kovind] is stable and is being closely monitored by a team of senior doctors”, the statement said.
On Friday, the President visited the Army’s Research and Referral Hospital after he complained of chest discomfort. He was shifted from the Army’s Research and Referral Hospital to the AIIMS, Delhi, in the afternoon of March 27.
Doctors had advised him to undergo a planned bypass procedure which was scheduled for the morning of March 30, Tuesday.
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