Nepal President Paudel again hospitalised due to chest pain

Ram Chandra Paudel, the president of Nepal, was hospitalised on Saturday morning after reporting chest trouble. He has spent two nights in the hospital in the past week.

The president has been admitted to and is being monitored by a doctor at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH), according to the president’s personal secretary.

He was admitted to the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital’s Manmohan Cardiothoracic Vascular and Transplant Centre earlier this morning after complaining of chest trouble.

78-year-old state head was on Tuesday (June 13) admitted at the Shahid Gangalal National Heart Center in Kathmandu after suffering from a heart attack. He underwent angioplasty. Upon examination, doctors concluded the President of having “myocardial infarction” colloquially known as a heart attack.

On Saturday morning, the President was taken to TUTH, which is less than one kilometer from the President’s Official Residence, the Sheetal Niwas in Maharajgunj at 2 am (Local Time).

President Paudel was later shifted to Manmohan Cardiothoracic Vascular and Transplant Center at 5 am (local time). “Currently he is kept at CCU cabin,” a source at the office of the President confirmed the sources.

The ailing president was previously 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 back on April 30.