I will take leave of just five days for kidney transplant: PM Oli

Setopati

Kathmandu, Feb 27

Prime Minister (PM) KP Sharma Oli has claimed he will take leave of just five days for kidney transplant.

Addressing a training program for CPN cadres of Bagmati province in Kathmandu on Thursday, he stated that he will return to work on the sixth day of surgery. "I will soon have kidney transplant. I will remain in the hospital for just five days and will start work from the sixth day," he said. "Nothing will happen to me for the next 10-15 years."

He claimed that he has been working 17-18 hours a day despite people pointing that he is sick. "I work for 17-18 hours. Illness is nothing. It just happens," Oli said.

Oli, whose transplanted kidney has stopped functioning, is on regular dialysis in recent times. He underwent plasmapheresis seven times in Singapore in August 2019.

Plasmapheresis is a term used to refer to a broad range of procedures through which blood components are filtered outside the body. It was done on PM Oli, who had a kidney transplant 12 years ago, to remove antibodies for immunosuppression.

Published Date: 2020-02-27 17:43:00

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