The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President Sourav Ganguly has been discharged from hospital on Sunday. He was earlier hospitalised on Thursday for the second time after the reoccurrence of chest pain. Sources close to his family revealed that Ganguly complained of pain in his chest on Tuesday night and was admitted to the hospital on Wednesday afternoon after it increased. Later, Anandbazar Patrika had reported that Ganguly's condition became stable. He underwent a second angioplasty and has been advised complete rest for the following few weeks.
"Sourav Ganguly, 48 years old, male has come for a checkup of his cardiac condition. There is no change in his parameters since his last hospitalization and his vital parameters are stable," the Kolkata hospital had said earlier.
“Sourav Ganguly has undergone angioplasty. He is stable now. He will be monitored for 24 hours. He is completely conscious. There are two blockages in his heart for which he will be treated. As of now he is stable, we will have a meeting on Monday and then we will decide what needs to be done further, priority is to let him settle down after heart attack. He is risk-free and he is talking as well,” Dr Aftab told reporters, according to news agency ANI earlier.
The former skipper had decided to stay at the hospital for one extra day when he was admitted for the first time. "Ganguly will be discharged tomorrow as he wants to stay back one more day,” the hospital said then.
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