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Prez undergoes angioplasty at Army hospital
December 13, 2014
President Pranab Mukherjee was taken to the hospital today morning after he complained of stomach problems and related ailments.
Mukherjee, 79, underwent a heart procedure as doctors at the Army's Research and Referral hospital installed a coronary stent in his artery to remove a blockage.
Doctors at the hospital put him under observation for a day for various tests during which they detected a blockage in one of the arteries, hospital sources said.
The doctors immediately conducted angioplasty on the President.