KATHMANDU: Journalist Dinesh Sitoula, who was accompanying senior Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) leader Balen Shah on a Sudurpaschim tour, has been airlifted to Kathmandu after he suddenly lost consciousness.
Sitoula collapsed while getting out of a vehicle during a tea stop at around 9:30 AM on the way to Mangalsen, Achham. The vehicle had stopped near the residence of RSP’s Achham candidate Bhoopa Dev Shah.
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He was first taken to Achham District Hospital, where doctors said his condition was critical and advised immediate transfer to Kathmandu.
Sitoula was flown from Achham to Surkhet by a Nepal Army helicopter and later transported to Kathmandu on a Nepal Army aircraft.
