KATHMANDU: A health official deployed in Palpa district, who was in Kathmandu for a training programme, fell unconscious and died on Thursday.

A permanent resident of Haripurwa-4 of Sarlahi district, the 50-year-old Ramprit Raya Yadav died while undergoing treatment at the Bir Hospital today.

Currently working at the Palpa District Health Office, Yadav was in Kathmandu for a training programme at the Department of Health Services.

Police are looking into the case.