Doctors involved in treatment of Prime Minister (PM) KP Sharma Oli say his health is improving and he has attained almost full recovery.
PM Oli's personal doctor Divya Singh said he will be discharged by Friday evening or Saturday morning. “We will go for a round of his ward in a while. He will be discharged in the evening or tomorrow morning,” Dr Singh said.
She revealed that the course of antibiotics will be completed in the evening.
PM Oli had started to work from the hospital bed from Thursday. The doctors on Tuesday had decided to control number of visitors coming to meet PM Oli to prevent additional infection but allowed him to meet ministers on Thursday after improvement in his health.
Oli was admitted at the Manmohan Cardiothoracic Vascular and Transplant Center inside the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) premises at four Monday morning. A team of doctors including Chief of Cardiology Department Dr Arun Sayami, Dr Singh and pulmonologist Dr Santa Kumar Das are attending to him.
PM Oli has been ill for the past week. He missed the tea party organized by CPN at Bhrikuti Mandap on Saturday due to health problems. He was advised rest for three days but he attended the Sunday’s Cabinet meeting albeit for just 10 minutes. The meeting was earlier scheduled for Friday but was postponed in the eleventh hour apparently due to his poor health.
PM Oli had a kidney transplant 11 years ago and uses immunosuppressants to ensure that his immune system does not attack the foreign organ. A minor infection can have serious implications due to the compromised immune system. He has been going to Bangkok, Thailand for routine check-ups in recent years.
