KATHMANDU: National poet Madhav Prasad Ghimire has been taken to India for further treatment. Ghimire was flown to New Delhi this afternoon, where he will undergo treatment at Medanta Hospital, informed Ghimire's daughter Usha Adhikari.

Ghimire was receiving treatment at Dhapasi-based Grande International Hospital after suffering from internal bleeding, and the hospital referred him to Medanta. Ghimire is accompanied by his son Indriwar and Dr Rohit Chaudhary of Grande Hospital.

He has been under regular medication for the past four months following complications in his heart, kidney and lungs.