Indian PM’s heart surgery underway
A team of doctors are engaged in a redo (repeat) bypass operation on Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh – the 76-year-old leader who is the Congress candidate for a second-term prime ministership in the event of a UPA victory in the polls. The success rate of bypass surgeries is high. However, a repeat bypass is little more complicated. The surgery, according to sources, could last for six-eight hours. Given the fact that the Prime Minister is a diabetic, the recovery period might
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