I am ready, PM told doctors before surgery

September 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A Chinese woman reportedly accompanied her 15-year-old daughter eight times to a hospital to convince doctors to enlarge the teen's breasts. Doctors at the hospital in Tianjin municipality have, however, refused to go through with the operation, reports the China Daily.

March 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who underwent a coronary bypass surgery late January and has been making public appearances since early this month, will be ready for 'all kinds of physical strain' in another 12 weeks, his personal physician said Saturday. 'The prime minister is doing very well and has been making public appearances.

February 15th, 2009 MUMBAI - Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has opted to undergo a shoulder surgery here Monday to avoid the sort of criticism that came his way after he chose to be operated on by doctors in London for a back problem in 2003, says a friend of the actor. 'When he got his back surgery done in London there was criticism about his lack of faith in Indian doctors.

February 15th, 2009 MUMBAI - Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan underwent a successful shoulder surgery at the Breach Candy hospital in south Mumbai Monday and will be discharged in a couple of days, a source close to the actor said. 'Shah Rukh is fine, he will be discharged after a few days,' said a source close to the actor after the surgery got over in the evening.

January 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who underwent coronary bypass surgery last week, is 'fit to be discharged anytime soon', his personal physician K. Srinath Reddy said Saturday.

January 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is 'convalescing very well' following his heart surgery and doctors feel that he can return home 'in a few days', a senior official said Friday. Manmohan Singh's dietary intake has increased and doctors have told him to 'progressively step up physical activity' over the next four weeks, the prime minister's media adviser Deepak Sandhu told IANS.

January 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is 'doing very well' and is steadily recuperating from the beating heart bypass surgery that he underwent last week, an official said here Thursday. 'The prime minister is eating proper and regular home-made meals.

January 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been 'maintaining steady progress' after Saturday's heart surgery and has increased his 'physical activity' with doctors Thursday saying he is 'likely to return home within a few days'. 'The prime minister is maintaining steady progress in his post-operative recovery.

January 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is recuperating well in post-operative care after he underwent a successful marathon bypass surgery here Saturday to remove blocked heart arteries. Doctors said Sunday they were 'more than happy' with his recovery and he also spoke with his family members.

January 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is making progress better than expected, doctors attending on him said Sunday, a day after he underwent a bypass heart surgery. 'His progress is better than we expected it to be and hope it continues at the same pace,' Sampath Kumar, who heads the 11-member team of doctors, told reporters.

January 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The heart surgery performed on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been 'successful', Deepak Sandhu, the media adviser to the Prime Minister's Office confirmed here late Saturday evening. 'The operation has been concluded.

January 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's heart surgery was 'successful', doctors at AIIMS said Saturday, describing his condition as 'stable' after an operation here that went on for nearly eight hours. 'The operation was successful and there is nothing to worry about.

January 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was set to undergo a heart surgery Saturday morning, with doctors wheeling him into the operating theatre of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)at about 7.30 a.m., hospital authorities said. 'The prime minister was taken to the OT at about 7.30 a.m.

January 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to undergo a heart bypass surgery on Saturday afternoon, a senior doctor at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) said Friday. The prime minister's health will be reviewed Friday evening by a team of doctors headed by his personal physician K.S.

January 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is in a stable condition, a senior doctor at AIIMS said Friday, adding that they would prefer to conduct a 'less risky' beating heart surgery on the prime minister rather than a bypass surgery. 'The prime minister is in a stable condition.