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President Kovind undergoes cataract surgery at Army hospital

President Ram Nath Kovind underwent a cataract surgery on August 19 at the Army hospital in New Delhi, a Rashtrapati Bhavan statement said. File (Source: ANI)

President Ram Nath Kovind underwent a cataract surgery at the Army’s Referral and Research (R&R) Hospital on Wednesday.

A Rashtrapati Bhavan statement said the President was discharged from the hospital after a successful eye surgery.

Earlier, in March this year, the 75-year-old President had successfully underwent a bypass surgery. Mr. Kovind has been active post his heart surgery and recently undertook a four-day trip to Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.

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