Former Deputy Prime Minister Oli´s personal assistant Ramesh Acharya said that they have decided to take him to Delhi "only as an extra-precaution," despite his health showing marked improvements compared to Friday.[break]
"An air ambulance couldn´t be arranged today [Saturday]. He will be taken to Haryana-based Medanta Medicity tomorrow in an air ambulance," Acharya told Republica.
"Oli had no fever throughout the day and his overall condition remained stable. However, he still requires high flow of oxygen to maintain oxygen saturation," said a statement issued by Norvic on Saturday.
Oli still has problem in his lungs due to pneumonia in both the lungs with sepsis that might take a couple of days to heal fully, said the statement.
"Overall, his health condition is better now. The external ventilator machine for assisting breathing was successfully removed today," Dr Bharat Rawat told Republica.
Oli fell ill during his recent to the US and was admitted to a New York-based hospital. He arrived in Kathmandu on Wednesday.
The UML leader had undergone kidney transplant a few years ago and has been regularly visiting Apollo Hospital in New Delhi for medication.
Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai and other leaders visited him at the hospital and enquired about his health condition.
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