Doctors say Prime Minister (PM) KP Sharma Oli may have to remain in hospital for a few days more.
Doctors were preparing to discharge Oli, who had a second kidney transplant on March 4, on Wednesday. A doctor involved in his treatment told Setopati that he has not been discharged after he had fever.
"One gets fever due to the wound after surgery. He has not been discharged after he got minor fever," the doctor stated. "His blood and urine samples have been sent for tests. It will take some time for reports to arrive. His stay, therefore, will be extended by a few days."
Doctors have opted to keep him in hospital for a few days assuming that he will become busy after returning to Baluwatar. Oli's wife Radhika Shakya also wants him to stay in hospital for a few days.
"We have kept him under special observation instead of ICU to ensure that he doesn't get infected so soon after kidney transplant," the doctor added revealed.
He revealed that doctors are preparing to discharge him only on Sunday and Monday.
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 her left 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.
