Oli undergoes health check-up after chest pain

KP Sharma Oli's physician has confirmed that due to the increased risk of COVID-19 infection he was brought to the hospital. His health condition is normal.

Kathmandu: Nepal's Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli was taken for a health check-up at a Kathamandu hospital after he complained of chest pain.

His press advisor Surya Thapa tweeted on social media that the hospitalisation was a part of Oli's regular health check-ups.

Oli had earlier called for a Cabinet meeting after leaders of ruling Nepal Communist Party demanded his resignation on Tuesday. The senior leaders, including co-chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Madhav Nepal, Jhalanath Khanal and Bamdev Gautam, asked the prime minister to step down from the post citing his 'failure' over various issues.

In late March, Oli was admitted to the Tribhuwan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) following an increased heart rate.

Oli's physician Dr Dibya Singh had then confirmed that the prime minister has been kept under observation at Manmohan Cardiothoracic Vascular and Transplant Center.

"There's an increased risk of COVID-19 infection so we brought him to the hospital just as a precaution. His health condition is normal, there's nothing to worry for," she added.

In March, the prime minister underwent a re-transplant surgery of his renal which stopped functioning last year. Oli's niece, Samikshya Sangraula, 32, had donated her right kidney to the prime minister then.

ANI