PM out of ICU,may be discharged by weekend

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was moved out of the Intensive Care Unit on Tuesday. Doctors maintain that Singh is recuperating well....

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was moved out of the Intensive Care Unit on Tuesday. Doctors maintain that Singh is recuperating well and should be fit to be discharged by the end of this week.

A release issued by the Prime Ministers Office stated that Singh was steadily making progress in his post-operative period. He walked around in his room on Tuesday and his diet now includes regular meals. He is being supported by a team of cardiac rehabilitation and physio-therapy experts.

After his surgery on Saturday,the PM was initially given a liquid diet,then semi-solid and finally solid food. Singh is now able to sit in his bed and has been talking to his family members who are the only people being allowed to meet him,they said.

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K S Reddy,his personal physician,said a decision on whether the PM would continue to stay in the same room or move to another had not been taken yet.

Everything is going as per the treatment plan. We have already started routine meals and he will not require intensive monitoring anymore, said Dr Ramakant Panda,who led the team of doctors during the surgery.