KOLKATA: Former India captain and Board of Control of Cricket in India president Sourav Ganguly underwent an angioplasty at a city hospital on Thursday, his second this month since suffering a mild heart attack on January 2.
Ganguly, who was admitted to Apollo Gleneagles on Wednesday after complaining of “chest discomfort”, has been declared to be “stable and under close observation” by the hospital.
“Dr Aftab Khan and the team comprising Dr Ashwin Mehta, Dr Devi Shetty, Dr Ajit Desai, Dr Saroj Mondal and Dr Saptarishi Basu successfully performed angioplasty on Mr Saurav Ganguly at the Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals, Kolkata on January 28, 2021 and two stents were placed,” a statement from the hospital said. “The procedure was uneventful. Mr Ganguly is stable and under close observation.”
