INDIAN HEART SPECIALISTS BEGIN TREATMENT OF FORMER PM SURYA BAHADUR THAPA Kathmandu, 10 June: A team of Indian heart specialists flown in from New Delhi by Indian embassy Sunday begun treatment of former Prime Minister and Rashtriya Janashakti Party Chairman Surya Bahadur Thapa at Norvic Hospital. Thapa, 84, was admitted Saturday following a severe heart attack and his condition is described as serious. Son Sunil, working with the UN in Tanzania, has returned home following his father’s serious condition. Thapa was admitted to the hospital in an unconscious state. “…he had no blood pressure and no breathing. His heartbeat did not resume even after prolonged efforts, including CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation), use of necessary emergency drgs and artificial breathing through ventilator. We could revive him and get his heart beats back by nn artificial pacemaker after a lot of efforts,” said Dr. Bharat Rawt, Chief of the Hospital’s Cardiology Department. nnnn . UML CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEET CONTUNUES FOR SECOND DAY SUNDAY Kathmandu, 10 June; UML central committee met continues for second day Sunday. Sunday’s meet will continue discussions on subjects taken up Saturday, a hold a two-day national convention of national workers in the capital later this month to discuss demand of Janajatis and Madeshis for ethnic provinces. The meet hopes to stem any split the party over the issue as the party is now opposed to creating of single ethnic provinces in a federal structure. to replace a unitary state. UML Kathmandu leader Krishna Gopal Shrestha said the party, including Chairman Jhalanath Khanal, had proposed ethnic states and have now backtracked, Nnnn MEDIA GOOGLE ‘Nepal Army won’t support the president of he sacks Bhattaai. This is because Nepal Army is now a republican army. The Maoists have taken a right decision ,both constitutionally and politically.” (Chairman Prachanda, Republica,10 June) nnnn