KOLKATA, Jan 2: A host of current and retired players, cricket administrators and political leaders have send good wishes and prayed for quick recovery of the former India cricket captain and currently the president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Sourav Ganguly who was hospitalised with mild heart attack on Saturday.
The West Bengal chief minister Mamata Bannerjee in a twitter message expressed concern over Ganguly’s health and wished him speedy recovery. Leading the rest for sending good wishes was the current India captain Virat Kohli, the stand-in captain Ajinkya Rahane, Virendra Sehwag, Shikhar Dhawan, Harbhajan Singh and many others.
Ganguly underwent primary angioplasty after diagnosed with a heart ailment while using the treadmill at his home gym on Saturday. The 48-year-old former India captain is being treated at the Woodlands Hospital in South Kolkata.
In a statement, Dr Rupali Basu, MD & CEO of Woodlands, said Ganguly had a family history of heart disease and was being treated with dual anti-platelets and statin after being brought in around 1 pm. “His pulse was 70/min, BP 130/80 mm of Hg and other clinical parameters were within normal limits. His ECG showed hyperacute ST-segment elevation in inferior leads and lateral leads. Echo showed mild inferior wall hypokinesia with preserved overall left ventricular function. He is stable hemodynamically,” the statement said.
“He was not feeling well last night. However, he decided to continue his morning routine on Saturday and suddenly felt dizzy,” hospital sources said. The hospital has already formed a board of specialised doctors for Ganguly’s treatment. “He has some blockage and will do angiography. He is stable now,” said Cardiac Specialist Saroj Mondol.
BCCI secretary Jay Shah confirmed that Ganguly is stable and recovering.
Ganguly was officially entrusted with the task of heading the governing body in October 2019 at the BCCI’s General Body meeting in Mumbai, ending a controversial 33-month reign of the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators.
(Manas Dasgupta)