No fluid deposition in PM’s lungs, say doctors

Kathmandu, November 3

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli today visited Manmohan Cardiothoracic Vascular and Transplant Centre for medical treatment.

“PM Oli had visited the hospital in the morning where he had his chest X-rayed. His X-ray reports are good. There is no fluid deposition in his lungs so fluid removal (from lungs) is not necessary,” said a hospital source.

Briefing about his health condition at a meeting of Nepal Communist Party Central Secretariat yesterday, Oli had said he had undergone haemodialysis twice on Wednesday and Thursday as his kidneys were not working properly, resulting in fluid buildup in his body.

Yesterday, the PM had said he was facing some health complications and that he might have to undergo haemodialysis regularly.

“The next dialysis will depend on his health condition. If the PM feels any difficulty in respiration or any health problems, dialysis will be done immediately,” said Kundan Aryal, Oli’s press adviser.

“Though I have not seen the PM’s reports, it seems that his transplanted kidney has stopped functioning.

When the kidneys fail to function, patients have to undergo haemodialysis thrice a week. Each session of haemodialysis is completed in four hours,” said Dr Rajendra Kumar Agrawal, chief consultant nephrologist. “Patient undergoing dialysis should follow norms and should take rest, but it is not that the patient can’t speak or carry on with normal day-to-day activities,” added Agrawal. When the kidneys fail to function, it leads to fluid build-up in the body. There is less urination, loss of appetite, difficulty sleeping, respiratory problems, swelling of body parts and so on.

An ideal treatment for such patients will be a re-transplantation, though the outcome of re-transplantation is not much effective compared to the first transplant, the doctor said.

Oli had undergone a kidney transplantation surgery 12 years ago. He has been visiting various hospitals in foreign countries for health check-up ever since. Oli was admitted to Singapore-based National University Hospital twice in August. He had undergone plasmapheresis in NUH after his blood creatinine level rose.

Creatinine is a waste product produced by the body that is filtered and released into urine by the kidneys. Increased creatinine level in blood may mean that kidneys are not working as they should. The PM was admitted to Grande International Hospital on Wednesday where he underwent two rounds of haemodialysis before being discharged on Thursday evening. The hospital said dialysis was conducted to lower the increased level of creatin

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