KATHMANDU: Nepal’s last king, Gyanendra Shah, was in a stable condition in a Kathmandu hospital yesterday after suffering a heart attack, his doctor said.
Gyanendra, 67, was rushed to Kathmandu’s Norvic Hospital late on Saturday after he complained of chest pain. “There was a 100 percent blockage in his left artery and we performed a procedure last night to open the obstruction,” the ex-king’s doctor and director of the hospital, Bharat Rawat, said.
Rawat said the former king was recovering well and could be discharged as early as tomorrow.
Gyanendra has kept a low profile since stepping down from the throne in June 2008 when the country’s parliament voted to abolish Nepal’s monarchy, transforming the Himalayan nation into a secular republic. The former king has largely confined himself to his hunting lodge on the outskirts of Kathmandu.
AFP
