Malaysian former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad is in stable condition after undergoing a five-hour coronary bypass surgery at the National Heart Institute (IJN) on Tuesday.
His daughter, Datin Paduka Marina, said he is now warded at the Intensive Care Unit for post-operation observation.
"He is fine and out of the operating theater and is now in the ICU. We are all very happy and everything went according to plan," the national news agency Bernama quoted her as saying.
Meanwhile, Mahathir's special officer, Sufi Yusoff, said that the surgery was carried out by a team headed by his former cardiac surgeon, Yahya Awang, started at 9.30 a.m. and ended at 2.30 p.m.
Mahathir, 81, first underwent a coronary bypass operation at the Kuala Lumpur General Hospital on Jan 24, 1989, following a heart attack.
Marina said the family was grateful that the operation went smoothly and added that the operation was "very much better than the one in 1989".
Her father was better prepared for the second bypass, she said.
Over the past months, Mahathir was frequently admitted to hospital for medical treatment.
Source: Xinhua
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