KATHMANDU: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal's trusted lieutenant and former Finance Minister Barsha Man Pun has been admitted to the Grande International Hospital after suffering from high fever.

The Maoist leader is currently on nursing care, the Rastriya Samachar Samiti reported, citing his family.

Pun, who is also the spouse of Speaker Onsari Gharti, was flown to Bangkok in December 2015 for treatment of liver-related ailments. Earlier, he had returned home from India's Gurgaon-based Medanta Hospital.

Pun reportedly suffers from hereditary hyperbilirubinemia.

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