Kathmandu: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli was admitted to the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital in Kathmandu on Monday evening for his second kidney transplant procedure, twelve years after his first, The Kathmandu Post reported.

Oli, who suffered a renal dysfunction in September, could not immediately undergo surgery because of other health complications. He was put on a regular dialysis regimen.

"We are preparing to admit Prime Minister Oli," Dr Prem Krishna Khadka, director at the hospital, told the Post on Monday. "Further procedural works will be carried out after his admission." Doctors are preparing to perform a kidney transplant on Oli on Wednesday.

Two other doctors, including Dr Ananta Kumar, a senior transplant surgeon at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital in New Delhi who performed a transplant on Oli in 2007, have also been called for backup. The second doctor, also from India, is an expert in internal medicine.

Meanwhile, a hospital source identified Oli’s donor as his niece Samikshya Sangraula Gyawali, 32, of Charaali, Jhapa. Gyawali was also admitted to the hospital on Monday afternoon.

Only family members and close relatives can donate organs under the country’s human organ transplantation law. The hospital has postponed the scheduled transplantation surgeries of two patients, Suman Shrestha and Nirmala Shakya, to accommodate the prime minister’s surgery.

Addressing the nation on Monday evening through a video message, Oli compared himself to an athlete who cannot give up in the middle of a match. "No one is immortal in this world...After a few days of hospital stay, I will resume my job with additional energy and confidence," he said.