Butwal, May 7
A local leader in the Butwal sub-metropolitan city, one of the biggest cities of the Lumbini province, has died of Covid-19 for want of a hospital bed.
The deceased is Nabin Thapa Magar, 44, a member of the local government’s ward 7 committee.
Megh Raj Bhattarai, the personal secretary of Mayor Shiva Raj Subedi, says Thapa Magar breathed his last on an ambulance while efforts were underway to find a bed for him.
He had tested positive for the coronavirus around a week ago and was in home isolation. However, his health deteriorated on Thursday and was rushed to the Crimson Hospital in Manigram.