Senator Leila de Lima on Saturday began her 3-day medical furlough at the Manila Doctor’s Hospital following she reportedly suffered a mild stroke.
De Lima tested negative for COVID-19 after she was swabbed in accordance with health protocols.
The lawmaker will undergo a medical examination, as recommended by her on-call physician after she experienced bouts of headaches and persistent generalized weakness.
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Two Muntinlupa courts, Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branches 205 and 256 allowed De Lima to go on a three-day medical furlough at the Manila Doctor’s Hospital for “health and humanitarian” reasons.
In her four-page Motion for Medical Furlough, De Lima asked the courts to allow her to go on an emergency medical furlough and hospital confinement, in order to undergo further medical examination and, if necessary, immediate treatment upon the recommendation of her on-call physician.
De Lima said she was visited by Dr. Santos-Cao last April 21 after she experienced “bouts of headaches and persistent generalized weakness.”
“The examination by Dr. Santos-Cao left an impression that Accused De Lima experienced a Transient Ischemic Attack (mild stroke), hence the urgent and extremely important need to rule out a cerebrovascular accident,” the document read.
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De Lima said she sought to be examined specifically at the Manila Doctor’s Hospital because “the institution already is privy to her medical history, and it is the primary hospital of her other doctors who are consultants there.”
Meanwhile De Lima assured the courts that “she will not be staying in the hospital longer than what is called for or necessary for the conduct of the prescribed tests and that she will render regular medical reports on her condition.”
De Lima was confined at the Manila Doctors Hospital last February to undergo several tests recommended by her physician and as part of her routine general medical examination. (RA)
