Kumaraswamy to undergo open heart surgery

BANGALORE: Former Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy will undergo an open heart surgery at a private super speciality hospital here on Thrusday.
    
"Kumaraswamy has been diagnosed with suffering from severe calcific aortic valve stenosis," Wockhardt Hospital CEO Dr Vishal Bali said.
    
A series of investigations, including an angiography was performed on Kumaraswamy, who was admitted to the hospital yesterday after he complained of chest pain.
    
As the news about Kumaraswamy's heart ailment spread, one of his lieutenants Zameer Ahmed Khan announced that he would fund the cost of 20 coronary angiograms, four open heart surgeries and three angioplasties of poor patients, who will undergo the treatment at the state-run Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology on Thursday.
    
"This is out of goodwill gesture to the poor people of the state and a unique way of wishing success for Kumaraswamy's operation," Khan said in a statement.
    
Incidentally, Kumaraswamy's brother-in-law Dr C N Manjunath is heading the Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology.
    
Meanwhile, JDS workers have planned poojas at various temples praying for a successful surgery and speedy recovery of their leader.
    
JDS has declared that it would fight the coming assembly election in the state under Kumaraswamy's leadership.