He underwent a surgery for chronic cough at Narayana Health City in Bommasandra, Bengaluru, on Tuesday. According to his doctor, he suffered from "an enlarged soft palate and uvula in relation to a slight increase in the volume of the tongue".Kejriwal's chronic cough has been the result of a series of anatomical abnormalities that included an enlarged tongue and a soft palate, along with other problems in the structure and positioning in his mouth and throat area. "He was operated on Tuesday for persistent cough which has troubled him for over 40 years. "There was a restricted space for the movement of his tongue and an enlarged soft palate and uvula in relation to a slight increase in the volume of the tongue that caused kinematic problems in the function," the hospital said. Previously , he had been to Jindal Nature Cure Institute , Tumkur Road, for 10and 12-day periods to treat the cough, as also diabetes.

Source: Times of India September 16, 2016 00:22 UTC