The Prime Minister, Mr. Manmohan Singh has undergone a cardiac bypass surgery this morning at the premier medical institution, All India Institute of Medical Sciences or AIIMS. We wish him well and hope that he recovers quickly to lead the Congress Party at the coming general elections in May. He had a similar operation in England about 20 years ago probably also paid by the taxpayer. As he lies in bed while recovering from the operation he could reflect on the state of health care in the country some 61 years after independence in 1947. Of these 61 years the Congress has ruled in about 55 years, the same Congress that is forever shedding tears about the aam aadmi. Check it out. In India an XRay or ECG costs $ 3, a CT scan of the brain $ 30 and an MRI $100. Drugs are so cheap that people travelling to other countries including Pakistan carry their entire requirement of prescription medicines for their total stay. Yet thousands die every year for lack of treatment. Last year a woman was refused admission to a government hospital in Meerut in UP. She delivered under a tree just outside the gates of the hospital. Both mother and child died. Instead of accepting responsibility politicians blame doctors and since they control the media people accept their lies. While you read the newspapers to pass the time Mr. Prime Minister please note the excitement about the Oscar nominations of Slumdog Millionaire which is based on Dharavi, the largest slum in Asia.