PM moved to intensive cardiac care unit after successful heart surgery

May 21st, 2009 GANGTOK - Sikkim's former chief minister and head of the Congress' state unit Nar Bahadur Bhandari was hospitalised Thursday after he fainted and complained of breathing problems. Bhandari was rushed to the Central Referral Hospital at Tadong Thursday morning in a semi-conscious state and admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU).

March 10th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Severe depression among relatively healthy women can trigger heart attacks, often with a fatal outcome, according to a new study. 'It's important for women with depression to be aware of the possible association between depression and heart disease, and work with their healthcare providers to manage their risk for coronary heart disease,' said William Whang, cardiologist at Columbia University Medical Centre (CUMC) and lead investigator of the study.

January 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, making 'excellent' recovery after his heart surgery here last week, was Wednesday shifted out of the intensive care unit (ICU) and doctors said he might be discharged by this weekend. 'The prime minister was moved out of the ICU.

January 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is recuperating steadily after Saturday's beating heart bypass surgery and may be discharged by this weekend, his personal physician K.S. Reddy said Wednesday.

January 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been making steady progress after Saturday's beating heart bypass surgery and took a walk in his hospital room Tuesday, officials said here. Manmohan Singh, 76, has started taking regular meals and was being weaned off ICU (intensive care unit) care, they said.

January 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who has been doing well after his coronary bypass surgery, was Tuesday put on a regular diet, his personal physician K.S. Reddy said. 'The prime minister is doing well and has been put on a regular diet from Tuesday,' Reddy told IANS.

January 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was Sunday taken off the ventilator as his health showed steady improvement, a day after he underwent a successful 11-hour bypass surgery, hospital authorities and his aides said. 'The prime minister is doing well.

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 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The marathon heart surgery performed on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here was 'successful', a government spokesperson confirmed late Saturday evening. 'The operation has been concluded.

January 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh underwent a 'successful' beating heart bypass surgery Saturday and would take 'a couple of hours to respond fully', a member of the team of doctors that performed the 12-hour long operation said here Saturday night. 'He is conscious and stable.

January 23rd, 2009 KOLKATA - Prime Minister Mnamohan Singh's sisters were among those who took part in prayer meetings in gurdwaras across the city Saturday for the success of his heart surgery. The two sisters - Preetam Kaur and Naveen Kaur - participated in the prayers at the Taratala gurdwara of South Kolkata.

January 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's heart surgery was 'successful', doctors at All India Insititute of Medical Sciences 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 - 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 - The beating-heart bypass surgery that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh underwent here Saturday is considered the safest for elderly patients who have had a bypass surgery earlier and also have other ailments, say cardiologists. In an open-chest, beating-heart bypass procedure, surgeons make an incision through the breastbone to access the heart, which is not stopped during the surgery.

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.