CPN (Maoist Centre) Deputy General Secretary Barshaman Pun is travelling to China for a follow-up treatment. Pun, who has been suffering from hereditary hyper-bilirubinemia, a kind of jaundice, will be travelling to the Shenzhen-based Third People’s Hospital for treatment.

In November last year, Pun was taken from Bangkok to the hospital for treatment. He was admitted for a month at the hospital.

Due to a limited number of direct flights to China, the former finance and energy minister will be travelling from Dubai to Guangzhou before landing in Shenzhen.

Pun’s bilirubin level in the blood, which was nine µmol/L after last year's checkup, has shot up to 35 µmol/L.

Pun’s wife, former lawmaker Onsari Gharti Magar, and daughter will be accompanying him.