Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today underwent a surgery to correct the deviated nasal bone and cartilage at a hospital here and is doing fine now, his aide said.
61-year-old Khattar was admitted to the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) last night for Deviated Septum (Septoplasty) surgery.
"The DNS (Deviated Septum) surgery lasted close to two hours and was performed in the morning today by PGIMER's Otolaryngologist Dr Ramandeep Singh Virk. The procedure was successful and the Chief Minister is doing fine and is stable," Khattar's OSD Vijay Sharma said.
Sharma said the Chief Minister had "problem of nasal breathing because of some nasal bone enlargement".
He said Khattar would be discharged from the hospital tomorrow.
A hand-written press release issued by PGIMER's Public Relations Officer and official spokesperson, Manju Wadwalkar, said the "nose surgery was performed by the PGI's senior doctors".
"The surgery was successful and the Chief Minister's health is fast improving...Doctors have advised the Chief Minister to take complete rest for the next few days," the release said.
A deviated septum is a condition in which the nasal septum - the bone and cartilage that divide the nasal cavity of the nose in half - is significantly off center, or crooked, making breathing difficult.
While commonly many people may have some sort of misalignment to their nasal septum, only the more severe imbalances cause significant breathing problems and require treatment.
