Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday underwent cervical spine surgery at HN Reliance Hospital here on Friday. "The Chief Minister is in a stable condition after his surgery. He has now been moved to a hospital ward where is recuperating,” a statement issued by the Chief Minister’s Office ( CMO) said. Dr. Ajit Desai and Dr Shekhar Bhojraj of the HR Reliance Hospital performed the Chief Minister’s spine surgery
"The chief minister was stable during and after the surgery the surgery and is doing well," the two doctors said. Dr Desai is a cardiologist, while Dr Bhojraj is a spine surgeon.
Sixty-one-year-old Uddhav, who had appeared in an online event on Monday wearing a neck-brace, had earlier said: I had this neck pain, but ignored it… a bit too much… so whatever had to happen has happened… Now the doctors have advised me to get proper treatment for this pain”.