Rashtriya Janata Dal president Lalu Prasad was discharged from a hospital here on Saturday, weeks after undergoing multiple cardiac surgeries following a diagnosis of aortic stenosis.
Doctors at the Asian Heart Institute (AHI) said Mr. Prasad was “hale and hearty” at the time of discharge.
After three procedures which lasted more than six hours, Mr. Prasad spent over a week in cardiac rehabilitation.
“He has made an uneventful recovery. He has been an excellent and cooperative patient with strong willpower. This has helped him immensely in his speedy recovery,” Ramakanta Panda, vice-chairman and managing director of the hospital, said.
Mr. Prasad had a 3-mm hole in the heart repaired and underwent aortic repair and aortic valve replacement.
Normally in such cases, Mr. Panda said, “we start cardiac rehabilitation after 15 days of the surgery, but considering his stable condition, we started this process after nine days.”
Vijay D’Silva, medical director of the hospital, under whose observation Mr. Prasad was kept, said the post-operative recovery went “smoothly.” At the time of discharge, Mr. Prasad’s vital parameters were within normal range.
He will be on blood-thinning medication for two-and-a-half months.
