New Delhi, Jan 24 : Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh is undergoing heart surgery today at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi.
A team of 11 doctors from Asian Heart Institute, Mumbai led by Dr Ramakant Panda, are performing Dr. Singh''s coronary artery bypass graft surgery. The operation is expected to last upto 6- 8 hours.
According to hospital sources, during the surgery, doctors will try to develop an alternate route for the supply of blood by sidelining the blocked part using graft of arteries and vessels derived from other parts of the body.