President Ram Chandra Paudel has undergone heart surgery.
According to a source, President Paudel underwent heart surgery at the Manmohan Cardiothoracic Vascular and Transplant Center inside the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital at Maharajgunj, Kathmandu.
Doctors have inserted a pacemaker in his chest.
President Paudel was hospitalized Friday night as his heart rate needed to be monitored.
He was discharged on Wednesday from the Shahid Gangalal National Heart Center at Bansbari, Kathmandu, where he was kept for around 24 hours.
He was taken to New Delhi on a Shree Airlines flight on April 19 for treatment at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). He returned home on April 30.