<p>Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad will undergo cardiac surgery, a doctor said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"Based on the preliminary (medical) reports, we can now confirm that cardiac surgery is needed," said Vijay D'Silva, medical director of Asian Heart Institute (AHI) here.<br /><br />"The details of what kind of surgery is needed will be available only after a few pending reports are available," he added. <br /><br />But he said that Lalu Prasad was "fundamentally a healthy person as can be seen form the intense campaigning he has done" for the Aug 21 Bihar assembly by-elections.<br /><br />The 66-year-old leader was Monday admitted to AHI for what was described as a routine check up and underwent a series of medical tests.<br /><br />"There is nothing to worry," an AHI spokesperson told IANS Monday.</p>
<p>Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad will undergo cardiac surgery, a doctor said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"Based on the preliminary (medical) reports, we can now confirm that cardiac surgery is needed," said Vijay D'Silva, medical director of Asian Heart Institute (AHI) here.<br /><br />"The details of what kind of surgery is needed will be available only after a few pending reports are available," he added. <br /><br />But he said that Lalu Prasad was "fundamentally a healthy person as can be seen form the intense campaigning he has done" for the Aug 21 Bihar assembly by-elections.<br /><br />The 66-year-old leader was Monday admitted to AHI for what was described as a routine check up and underwent a series of medical tests.<br /><br />"There is nothing to worry," an AHI spokesperson told IANS Monday.</p>