KATHMANDU, Dec. 6 -- After spending 10 days at the Manmohan Cardiothoracic Vascular and Transplant Centre of Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital for appendicitis surgery, Prime Minister K P Oli was discharged on Thursday.

Prime Minister Oli was admitted to the hospital on November 26 after complaining of stomach pain. A team of doctors including his personal physician carried out an appendectomy on the ailing Oli after they diagnosed appendicitis and peritonitis.

Although the head of government emerged from the hospital, walking with the help of aides, he needs at least a week's rest to get back to regular work, said doctors involved in his treatment.

"It would take a week or 10 days for him to be back to regular work," the prime mi...