Ram Chandra Paudel health update: Nepal President Ram Chandra Paudel arrived in the national capital and will soon be shifted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) after he was detected with a lung infection.
Earlier, an official from the President's Secretariat confirmed to news agency ANI that the President would be flown to AIIMS for further treatment on Wednesday (April 19) following no improvement in his health. He was admitted to the hospital on Tuesday (April 18) after falling short of breath and fainting.
The Chief Administrator of the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH), where the President was admitted, had confirmed that he will be flown to India in an air ambulance. "He might be flown to India today in an air ambulance," Thapaliya had told media prior over the phone. The President had reached the government hospital on Monday for a check-up, following which he was admitted to the hospital.
On Monday (April 17), doctors found an infection in his lungs. Following this, he was put on medicines which apparently failed to make a significant improvement in his health.Paudel also underwent treatment for four days at the same hospital after being admitted on April 5 this year. As per the hospital's release issued earlier, Paudel, who is the third President of the Republic of Nepal, was admitted after he complained about a stomach ache.
On March 13, senior Nepali Congress leader Ram Chandra Paudel was sworn in as the President of Nepal.Paudel secured 33,802 electoral votes while his rival Subash Chandra Nembwang secured 15,518 electoral votes, according to Nepal's Election Commission.
Further, according to the Election Commission, 313 members of the federal parliament took part in the voting while 518 members from the provincial assemblies also participated in the electoral process to pick the next president. Eight parties supported Paudel while Subash Chandra Nembang, the sole candidate from CPN-UML, was tipped to be backed by independent lawmakers.
(With agencies inputs)
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