Butwal, May 20
This morning, Onlinekhabar had published the news about a Covid-19 patient’s death at Crimson Hospital based on the information provided by the hospital’s operator Durga Pandey.
However, the hospital has issued a statement at 12 pm, claiming the patient has not died.
The error is regretted. – Editor
(Updated at 2:15 pm)
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Nepal reports third Covid-19 death
Butwal, May 20
Nepal has reported the third death case related to the coronavirus outbreak on Wednesday.
A 41-year-old man from Madane rural municipality of Gulmi district died during treatment at Crimson Hospital of Manigram in Rupandehi district today. His infection was confirmed on Monday.
He was admitted to the intensive care unit of the hospital last Thursday (May 14). He was put on a ventilator when the health officials confirmed coronavirus infection in him.
The hospital’s operator, Durga Pandey, confirmed his death.
The principal of a local school, the man had gone to the hospital after experiencing fever for around one week. Local health workers had prescribed some medicines against typhoid for him, and that had worked for a few days. He, however, began vomiting later, and locals rushed him to different health facilities, finally to the Manigram-based hospital.
The country had reported the first Covid-19 death on Saturday, and the second on Sunday.
