16 August, Bhaktapur: Industry Minister Mahesh Basnet has been hospitalised this morning after complaining of severe stomach pain. Minister Basnet was admitted to the Nagarik Community Hospital at Gaththhagar in Bhaktapur.

Hospital’s Director Gopikrishna Neupane said that Minister Basnet is kept in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and is receiving treatment.

Mahesh Basnet (1)

“We are providing treatment by keeping him in the ICU from early morning. Surgery of his appendicitis would be carried out at 10:00 am today. Tests for other diseases are also going on,” Neupane said. RSS