Minister for Health and Population Mohan Bahadur Basnet today visited Bir Hospital and took stock of health of ailing former lawmaker Khem Raj Bhatta ‘Mayalu’. Bhatta is receiving treatment for lung problem.

He was admitted to the Hospital on Friday night. A team of health workers led by Dr Ashesh Dhungana is attending to him. Meanwhile, Minister Basnet received dental treatment at the hospital today itself, said the hospital director Dr Santosh Paudel.