WORLD NEWS | Nepali President to fly to AIIMS Delhi for treatment

Kathmandu [Nepal]April 19 (ANI): Nepali President Ram Chandra Paudel will be flown to All India Medical Sciences in New Delhi in an air ambulance after he was found to have a lung infection, officials have confirmed. Institute (AIIMS).

An official of the presidential secretariat confirmed to ANI that the president will be flown to AIIMS on Wednesday for further treatment after his health condition did not improve. He was taken to hospital on Tuesday after suffering from shortness of breath and fainting.

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Earlier, the chief administrator of Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH), where the president is currently hospitalized, confirmed that he may be flown to India in an air ambulance.

“He may fly to India today in an air ambulance,” Tapaglia told ANI by phone.

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He was ready to take off at 9.30 am (local time), notifying TUTH hospital officials.

The president arrived at a government hospital on Monday for tests and was taken to the hospital.

On Monday, doctors discovered that he had a lung infection. The medications he took thereafter apparently failed to significantly improve his health.

Paudel also spent four days at the same hospital after being admitted on April 5 this year. According to an earlier release from the hospital, Poudel, who is the third president of the Republic of Nepal, was admitted to the hospital after complaining of stomach pains.

On March 13, Ram Chandra Podell, the senior leader of the Nepalese Congress, was sworn in as the President of Nepal.

Podell received 33,802 electoral votes, while his rival Subash Chandra Nembwang received 15,518, according to the Nepal Election Commission.

Also, according to the Election Commission, 313 members of the federal parliament participated in the vote, while 518 members from the provincial assemblies also took part in the electoral process to elect the next president.

Eight parties back Paudel, while the sole candidate, Subash Chandra Nembang from CPN-UML, is expected to gain the support of independent lawmakers. (Arnie)

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