PETALING JAYA: The surgeon who performed the first cardiac coronary bypass on former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad will head the team to operate on him Tuesday. According to a press statement released by the National Heart Institute (IJN) on Monday, Tan Sri Dr Yahya Awang will head the surgery team while IJN's medical director Datuk Seri Dr Robaayah Zambahari is heading the panel of doctors attending him.
"Doctors have advised against Tun Dr Mahathir receiving any visitors with the exception of immediate family members," it said.
The statement added that Dr Mahathir had been admitted to IJN on Sunday as a preparation for an elective coronary bypass surgery, which will take place Tuesday.
Dr Mahathir first underwent a coronary bypass operation in 1989 at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital following a heart attack.
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