NEW YORK, Nov 21: Pakistan’s renowned poet, Ahmed Faraz was operated upon for multiple medical condition at a hospital in Syracuse, New York.

Poet Faraz told Dawn that he had three different operations, one to open a blocked artery in his heart, one for aneurysm, one for a related kidney problem. “All three operations were very successful, and I am resting now,” he said.

“The doctors have advised me that recovery could take up to three weeks,” he said.

He praised Pakistani Dr Noor Zaman who took him to Syracuse hospital where he was a resident doctor and then to his home for his initial recovery. Initially, Faraz’s condition was serious but timely intervention helped him.

Faraz, who is staying with a friend in the suburb of Washington DC, said that besides the “arduous phase of recovery one misses friends at home. Loneliness in recovery is a big problem,” he said.

However, he was confident of a full and complete recovery.