Nepal, May 30 -- Health and Population Minister Pradeep Paudel honored Pemba Sherpa from Solukhumbu, the record-breaking mountaineer who successfully climbed Mount Everest after a kidney transplant. He also announced plans to simplify and streamline the organ donation process.

At a program of the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), Minister Paudel congratulated Pemba Sherpa for making history by setting a world-first record.

Minister Paudel said, "You have set a record not only for Nepal but for the entire world."

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He announced that the MoHP will appoint Pemba Sherpa as an ambassador to promote organ transplantation.

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