Mukhriz: Dr Mahathir Will Undergo Planned Operation

KUALA LUMPUR, Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, 81, is in good health and had made plans to undergo a second coronary bypass operation Tuesday, his son Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir said.

He said his father was admitted to the National Heart Institute here Sunday to undergo the operation and not because he suffered another heart attack.Speaking to reporters in the hospital lounge, Mukhriz said Dr Mahathir was fine and spoke with his family members as usual today.

Dr Mahathir will be operated on by a team of surgeons led by Tan Sri Dr Yahya Awang who did the first bypass operation on him in January 1989.

-- BERNAMA