Former Prime Minister and CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli was admitted to the Maharajgunj-based Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital in Kathmandu on Saturday after experiencing heart palpitations, hours after his arrest from his residence in Gundu, Bhaktapur.

Issuing a statement on Sunday, the hospital said that Oli had initially undergone a routine checkup. However, complications arose during the examination after which he was admitted and placed in bed number 501  for further treatment and monitoring.

Oli is a kidney transplant patient and has a history of multiple health conditions–hydronephrosis, diabetes, high blood pressure, hypothyroidism, atrial fibrillation, and gallstones. His atrial fibrillation is currently under treatment. 

He was arrested in connection with the GenZ protests.