Bengaluru:  Karnataka Governor Vajubhai R. Vala is being treated for heart related ailments at a private hospital in Bengaluru, days after he underwent an angiogram. The doctors are said to have recommended an open-heart surgery and the surgery is likely to happen later this week, according to sources.

Vala had skipped the conference of Governors in Delhi on Nov.23 & 24 and also did not take part in the Jalaram Jayanti celebrations organised by Bengaluru Gujarati Association, which he used to attend every year.