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Lawmaker Bhandari’s health condition improving



KATHMANDU:  The latest health report of the Nepali Congress leader and member of the House of Representatives, Dr Chandrakant Bhandari, says that all parameters are normal.

Dr Bhandari who is undergoing treatment at the National Burn Center in Mumbai, India, underwent a successful surgery on Friday.

Congress leader Yograj Kandel, who is in Mumbai, shared that all the parameters of leader Bhandari are reported to be normal this morning.

The presence of carbon monoxide was found only in the lower part of leader Bhandari’s lungs and is not affecting the heart, according to the doctors. He will undergo a second surgery after some time of observation.

MP Bhandari and his mother Harikala Bhandari were injured in a cooking gas cylinder leakage and explosion at their residence on Wednesday night. They were rushed to the Burn Hospital in Kirtipur, where Harikala died during treatment on Thursday morning.

Leader Bhandari was airlifted to the National Burn Center in Mumbai, India, for further treatment on Thursday itself.

 

Publish Date : 18 February 2023 12:08 PM

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