"First Thing Manmohan Singh Asked Me After Heart Surgery Was...": Top Surgeon To NDTV | Read
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's first words after undergoing heart surgery in 2009 were not about his health, but the country, Dr Ramakant Panda, the senior cardiac surgeon who treated Dr Singh told NDTV. Dr Singh, who was the PM at that time, had undergone a 10 to 11 hours long critical coronary bypass surgery at All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi.
"After we finished his heart surgery...at night when we took out the first breathing pipe when the person can speak...The first thing he asked me was "how is my country? how is Kashmir". I said but you did not ask me anything about your surgery. To which Dr Singh said that he knew I would do a good job," Dr Panda said.
