Prime Minister Manmohan Singh discharged from AIIMS

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who underwent a complex coronary 're-do' bypass surgery at AIIMS on January 24, was this morning discharged from the hospital.

The 76-year-old Prime Minister was discharged after the doctors completed the pre-discharge tests on Friday. The decision to discharge Singh from the hospital was taken by a team of doctors from Asian Heart Institute (AHI) led by surgeon Dr Ramakant Panda.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will have to follow a strict dietary regimen to keep his long-term diabetes under control. Doctors have projected a 6-week recuperation period before he can fully get back to his duties. "He is on a proper diet regime. He is being given proteins and essential food, which a diabetic should eat. He is having solid food, but his diet plan would return to normal in a week or two," said Dr K Srinath Reddy, head of medical advisory team monitoring the PM's health at AIIMS said on Friday.

The Prime Minister underwent a complex coronary 're-do' bypass surgery at AIIMS on January 24 and was moved out of the ICU on January 28.

PTI reports that Cardiac rehabilitation specialist Dr Ashish Contractor from AHI and Dr Vijay D'Silva besides three nurses from the Mumbai-based hospital will monitor the Prime Minister's condition at his residence. While Dr D'Silva will take care of the Prime Minister for a few days, Dr Contractor will stay back for a week and the nurses for about three weeks to monitor the Prime Minister's health.