Kathmandu: According to a senior leader of the Nepali Congress, President Ramchandra Poudel was brought to a hospital on Tuesday after he complained of shortness of breath.
The 78-year-old Poudel was sent to the Teaching Hospital in Maharajgunj, Kathmandu. The head of the hospital's administration, Baikuntha Thapaliya, has confirmed that President Paudel is now a patient there.