{"id":179354,"date":"2018-08-31T04:41:24","date_gmt":"2018-08-31T08:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=179354"},"modified":"2018-08-31T04:41:24","modified_gmt":"2018-08-31T08:41:24","slug":"duterte-says-he-is-not-suffering-from-kidney-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/08\/31\/duterte-says-he-is-not-suffering-from-kidney-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte says he is not suffering from kidney problem"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Rodrigo Roa Duterte interacts with the guests during the 49th Charter Day celebration of Mandaue City at the Mandaue City Cultural and Sports Complex (MCCSC) in Cebu on August 30, 2018. RICHARD MADELO\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

President Rodrigo Duterte denied allegations by Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founding chairman Jose Maria “Joma” Sison that he is suffering from a kidney failure.<\/p>\n

“Dying? Kidney, my arm looks really good. Here, see?” Duterte said in bisaya during his speech in Mandaue City on Thursday, August 30.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Sison shared a Twitter post by\u00a0netizen @mhonrs, calling it a ‘prognosis’ by a doctor. In his caption, the CPP leader said, “In the photo below, compare the arm of Duterte with the dark discoloration of his face, which is supposed to be a symptom of a kidney problem, an indication of renal failure.”<\/p>\n

Sison clarified that the information he is sharing about Duterte’s health is still “subject to further diagnosis by publicly trusted doctors of medicine.”<\/p>\n

However, Duterte said his skin darkens naturally as he does not use sunscreen.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s always like this every election.\u00a0 So I have so many elections in my life including the presidency. This is what I\u2019ve gained, burnt skin. It won\u2019t heal right away but it will eventually be back to normal,” the President stressed.<\/p>\n

He also hit Sison anew for saying that he recently fell into a coma.<\/p>\n

“He\u2019s saying I will die from comatose. Comatose is a good thing if it can still harden with Viagra, but there\u2019s really nothing for you,” Duterte told his former professor.<\/p>\n

“I might give you five cans of Viagra, but there\u2019s nothing there. He was silent when I paraded beautiful girls in front of him,” he continued.<\/p>\n

Sison last Sunday dared the President to submit himself to medical examination by the Philippine General Hospital’s (PGH’s) best independent diagnosticians to “establish whether he is physically and mentally fit for his position.”<\/p>\n

In return, Sison said he is willing to show a “true and verifiable” medical certificate on the state of his health after Duterte had also several times claimed that the communist leader is seriously ill \u2014 most recently was that the latter has colon cancer.<\/p>\n

Duterte’s top aide then challenged Sison to fly back to the Philippines and join the Chief Executive in undergoing a medical check-up.<\/p>\n

“Tignan natin sino ang mas malakas sa kanila, sino ‘yung may <\/em>clean bill of health (Let\u2019s see who is stronger between the two of them, who has a clean bill of health),”<\/em> Special Assistant to the President Christopher Lawrence \u201cBong\u201d Go earlier told reporters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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