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Dr Mahathir Mohamad went on another surgery last night, on the 18th day after his heart bypass operation.

The former Prime Minister was advised to undergo surgical wound debridement because of wound infection.

The surgery commenced at 11.30pm last night and ended at 2.30am this morning.

"He is currently stable and has been put under routine post-cardiac surgery support," said Dr Mahathir's aide, Sufi Yusoff.

Mahathir is expected to remain on support for at least 36-hours for post-operative care and will be put under close monitoring and observation by IJN doctors and nurses at the Intensive Care Unit.

Nevertheless, as in all major operations, the next 72-hours will be the crucial period in his post-operative care.

Dr Mahathir, who had a successful second heart bypass on September 4, was transferred out of the ICU on the first day of Ramadan. However, he was transferred back to the ICU on September 14 after doctors detected he had a fever.

According to Marina, doctors at the IJN had finally found what was causing her Dad to be so slow in recovery and to constantly feel weak.

"There was an infection at his wound (where they had cut him to do the bypass) which is quite normal for operations of this type," she said. "But to get rid of it, they needed to operate again. It was the only option. And they wanted to do it last night itself."

Dr M was operated by the same team that performed the bypass surgery on September 4, with the exception of Dr Schaff of Mayo.

My prayers for him.

UPDATES: Marina has just put up a new update on her blog.