Bengaluru: Amid speculation and concern over the state of Janata Dal (S) state chief H D Kumaraswamy's health, doctors at Apollo Hospital in the city told Deccan Chronicle, that the former chief minister, recovering from a heart valve replacement surgery, is stable and could be discharged in two or three days.
"He is doing well post- surgery and is back to normal. He is going on four to five rounds of a brisk walk every day and is both eating and sleeping normally. He could be discharged in two or three days," said Dr. Girish of Apollo. The surgery was conducted by a team of specialists headed by the hospital's chief heart surgeon, Dr. Satyaki.
"Normally someone, who has undergone a similar surgery, is fit to be discharged on the third day, but in the case of Mr. Kumaraswamy he has been advised to stay a few more days in hospital to make a complete recovery as he would otherwise get busy meeting people and doing other work, which would throw him open to infection. He has been advised to rest for two to four weeks more even after discharge," explained hospital sources.
Going by sources close to the family there were plans to take Mr Kumaraswamy to Singapore to rest at a relative's home for two weeks, but that plan was scotched. He is now most likely to go to Rajasthan on October 5 for 15 days of rest and recuperation, once he is discharged.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah visited the JD (S) leader in hospital on Thursday to enquire about his health and was briefed on his condition by his wife, Anita and doctors. Janata Dal (S) supremo and Mr Kumaraswamy's father, H D Deve Gowda has been performing poojas and homas ever since he was admitted to the hospital, to pray for his son's speedy recovery.
