KATHMANDU, Jan. 19 -- Dr Govinda KC, who was staging fast-unto-death in Ilam, was airlifted to Kathmandu on Thursday midnight and admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) of the TU Teaching Hospital in Maharajgunj. His condition is critical but stable, according to doctors involved in his treatment.

Before this, a team of doctors from the BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan which visited Ilam to assess Dr KC's condition had said that Dr KC's condition was deteriorating rapidly and he needs to be treated at ICU.

Dr KC has developed problems in the heart and lungs, according to the doctors. Nepal Army's night vision helicopter was used to bring him to Kathmandu.

At the TUTH, a five-member team led by Internal Medicine Depart...