Two stents implanted in health minister’s heart

Photo: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Doctors implanted two stents in the heart of Health Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Husain on Sunday afternoon, after detecting multiple coronary blockages.

The surgical intervention was completed at 4:30pm at a private hospital in the capital, the ministry said in a statement at night.

The health minister was doing well following the surgery, it said.

Family members told reporters that three blocks were found in the minister’s heart in an angiogram conducted at the same hospital on Saturday.

Two blocks were treated with stents, and the other one was treated through the balloon angioplasty procedure.

Prof Dr NAM Momenuzzaman led the team of physicians during the medical operation, said Dr Fazle Rabbi, a physician at the hospital.

Earlier, Paban Chowdhury, public relations officer at the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, said Sakhawat Husain was set to undergo stent surgery on Sunday afternoon.

At the time, family members sought prayers from the countrymen for his speedy recovery.

They also told reporters that the minister had decided to undergo the complex surgery at a domestic hospital, to help increase people’s confidence in the country’s healthcare services.

Sarda Md Sakhawat Husain was admitted to the hospital on Saturday morning after suffering chest pain.