Kathmandu: The health condition of Nepal Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli, who was hospitalised earlier this week, has raised questions about his fitness to govern the Himalayan nation.
Ever since Oli, 67, was admitted to the Grande International Hospital here on Wednesday morning, little information has been provided by the government authorities.
But on Thursday, a doctor who has been monitoring Oli’s health told The Kathmandu Post that the Prime Minister had undergone a second procedure for urethral dilation on Wednesday. The doctor also confirmed that Oli had undergone two rounds of dialysis during his stay at Grande, despite much speculation and a lack of information from officials and attending doctors.
On Wednesday evening, a brief statement issued by Dibya Singh Shah, Oli’s personal physician, and Chakra Raj Pandey, medical director at the Grande hospital, had described the Prime Minister’s health as “normal”.
But on Thursday afternoon, Nepal Communist Party (NCP) leaders said that Oli had undergone dialysis, of which there was no indication or information either from the hospital or Oli’s physician.
Later on Thursday, ruling party Co-chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal, after meeting Oli at the hospital, also told the media that Oli had undergone dialysis. (IANS)
