Doctors say Prime Minister (PM) KP Sharma Oli, who had a second kidney transplant last Wednesday, can be discharged by Wednesday evening.
A doctor at the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH), who was involved in the surgery, told Setopati that there is no problem in discharging him Wednesday as all his health reports until Tuesday evening are well. "Some reports of today are yet to arrive. He can be discharged by evening if they also come normal," the doctor added.
The doctor said Oli will not be in normal state even if he were to be discharged. He will be kept in isolation for a few days and a separate ward has been prepared in Baluwatar for that.
"He talks for a long time whenever he meets a person. We are preparing to keep him in isolation deeming that he may get infection due to the crowd of visitors. He will be kept in regular observation of doctors even in Baluwatar."
His personal doctor Divya Singh Shah on Tuesday had said that it will take six months to a year for Oli to return to normalcy.
Samikshya Sangraula, who donated the kidney, will also be discharged together with Oli.
Oli had a kidney transplant at the TUTH last Wednesday. A team led by head of the kidney transplant department at the hospital Dr Prem Raj Gyawali carried out the procedure.
This is the second kidney transplant for Oli with the first done at the Apollo Hospital in New Delhi 12 years ago.
Samikshya Sangraula, niece in relation, donated the kidney to Oli. Anjana Ghimire, daughter-in-law in relation, had donated the kidney that was transplanted on Oli 12 years ago. She was just 21 years while donating the kidney.
Oli now has four kidneys in his body after the second transplant including two of his own, one transplanted 12 years back and the new one, according to Dr Gyawali. "It is risky to take out earlier kidneys as another surgery needs to be performed. We, therefore, leave the previous ones inside the body," he had explained before the transplant.
He said the new kidney is generally kept a little below the old ones in the abdomen and the previous kidneys are not taken out across the globe.
The earlier kidneys are taken out only if they get infected or create some problems, according to him.
Oli was on regular dialysis in recent times after the transplanted kidney stopped functioning. 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.
