BCCI PRESIDENT AND FORMER Team India captain Sourav Ganguly, who underwent angioplasty after a “mild” heart attack, is stable and his health parameters are normal, doctors said on Sunday.
Ganguly was diagnosed with three blocked coronary arteries on Saturday, following which a stent was inserted in one to remove the blockage.
He was rushed to hospital on Saturday afternoon following complaints of chest pain.
“He had an uneventful last night and presently Afebrile (not feverish)… He is sleeping now,” as per a bulletin issued by the private hospital where Ganguly has been admitted.
Doctors said they will be deciding on conducting another angioplasty after accessing Ganguly’s condition.
“Blockages were detected in three vessels. In such cases, there are usually two options for doctors, a cardiac bypass surgery or angioplasty to implant stents. In case of Sourav, since he is young and does not have any other complications, doctors are considering another round of stent implantation, instead of a surgery,” said Rupali Basu, CEO of Woodlands.
To a question, a hospital spokesperson said the medical board is not thinking about the option of bypass surgery.
A nine-member medical board will discuss further treatment plans with his family members, the bulletin added.
Meanwhile, a bevy of politicians have lined up to “visit” Ganguly, an indication of the high political stakes in play around the former player and now cricket administrator in a state goes to the polls later this year. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, veteran CPI(M) leader Ashok Bhattacharya, senior Trinamool Congress leader and state minister Sobhandeb Chatterjee, his former teammate and state minister Lakshmi Ratan Shukla, TMC MLA and daughter of late BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya, Baishali Dalmiya and Uttar Pradesh deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya were among several poiticians to make “courtesy visits”.
