By IANS
New Delhi : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was Tuesday discharged from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) where he was admitted for prostate surgery four days ago.
“He was discharged from the hospital. He is currently at his home and keeping well,” an official of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) told IANS.
On Saturday morning, a team of doctors led by N.P. Gupta, head of the department of urology at AIIMS, conducted endoscopy operation to treat a benign enlargement of the prostate gland.
The doctors had said that the growth was only age-related and “non-cancerous,” and the 75-year-old prime minister had the prostate problem for over a year.
Only close family members were allowed to meet him during his four days stay in a private ward of AIIMS.
The doctors have advised Manmohan Singh to take soups and juices regularly for a few days.
In May 2006, the prime minister had undergone a minor surgery on his left wrist at the Army Hospital (Research and Referral) here after a similar surgical procedure on his right wrist in October 2005.