India PM Singh discharged from hospital

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Source: CNN

NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was discharged from a hospital Sunday, a week after he underwent a heart bypass surgery.

He left the All India Institute of Medical Sciences for home at 7:45 a.m., the Indian government said. Doctors will continue to monitor his progress and have asked him to eat more and step up physical activity.

The 76-year-old underwent a coronary bypass surgery on January 24. He also had a bypass in 1990 and an angioplasty in 2004.

India's External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee is in charge of Singh's Finance Ministry portfolio until the prime minister recovers.



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