New Delhi: Nepal President Ramchandra Paudel was admitted to the All India Institute for Medical Sciences after having been airlifted from Kathmandu earlier on Wednesday, April 19.Paudel, who was elected as president last month, was admitted into India’s premier government-funded hospital, just a day after he was taken to a Kathmandu hospital on complaints of stomach infection. He had returned home after having been treated for stomach pains earlier this month.After being airlifted in an air ambulance at around 10 am today, the Nepal president was taken towards AIIMS on arrival in the Indian capital.Nepal’s Ambassador to India Shankar P. Sharma tweeted that Paudel’s health condition is stable.सम्माननीय राष्ट्रपति श्री रामचन्द्र पौडेलज्यू उपचारार्थ AIIMS मा भर्ना हुनु भएको छ। उहाको स्वास्थ्य अवस्था स्थिर रहेको छ।सम्माननीय राष्ट्रपतिज्यूको शीघ्र स्वास्थ लाभको कामना गर्दछु। pic.twitter.com/TDbCp2dmcJ— Dr. Shankar P Sharma (@DrShankarSharma) April 19, 2023Indian foreign secretary Vinay Kwatra visited AIIMS too during the day.Nepali leaders have usually come to Delhi or flown to other foreign cities for their medical treatment. When Nepali Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal is in town he usually goes to a major private hospital for a medical check-up. The last time he did so, he was the political party leader and not prime minister.Former Nepali prime minister K.P. Oli stayed in Singapore for weeks in 2019 for removing antibodies in his blood. He had undergone a kidney transplant in New Delhi in 2007.Note: This article was originally published at 10:30 am on April 19, 2023 and republished at 7:43 pm on the same day.