MAHENDRANAGAR: Vice-Chancellor of Madhes Institute of Health Sciences (MIHS), Dr. Ram Kewal Shah, passed away this morning. He was 69.

Suffering from lung cancer for the past two months, Shah died in the course of treatment in New Delhi, according to a family source. He was undergoing treatment in New Delhi for one week.

Shah was a neuro-orthopedic specialist. Madhes Province appointed Shah to the post of Vice-Chancellor of MIHS on January 31, 2021.