Former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly got admitted to Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals on Wednesday after he complained of discomfort and might undergo angioplasty on Thursday to remove two remaining blockages in coronary arteries, hospital sources said.
Ganguly, 48, was discharged from Woodlands Hospital 20 days back after undergoing angioplasty to remove a blockage in his right coronary artery. He was admitted to the hospital on January 2 after suffering a heart attack at home.
“Sourav Ganguly has come for a check-up for his cardiac condition. There is no change in his parameters since his last hospitalisation (at Woodlands) and his vital parameters are stable,” a spokesperson for Apollo said.
Hospital sources said the team of doctors treating the BCCI president, including cardiologists Saroj Mondal and Aftab Khan, were planning to implant two stents. Cardiac surgeon Devi Shetty, the chairman and founder of the Narayana Health group, is likely to come to Calcutta from Bangalore and be present during the angioplasty, sources said.
“The initial plan was to evaluate his health after January 26…. However, after he felt the discomfort, Ganguly got admitted,” said one of the doctors treating him.