{"id":235805,"date":"2019-10-25T13:53:37","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T17:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=235805"},"modified":"2019-10-25T13:53:37","modified_gmt":"2019-10-25T17:53:37","slug":"duterte-has-no-serious-illness-medical-bulletin-unnecessary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/10\/25\/duterte-has-no-serious-illness-medical-bulletin-unnecessary\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte has no ‘serious illness\u2019, medical bulletin unnecessary"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte delivers his speech during the oath-taking ceremony of the officers of the Malaca\u00f1ang Press Corps, Presidential Photojournalists Association, and Malaca\u00f1ang Cameramen Association at the Malaca\u00f1an Palace on September 10, 2019. ALFRED FRIAS\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 There is no need for President Rodrigo Duterte to release a medical bulletin since has \u201cno serious illness,\u201d Malaca\u00f1ang said Friday.<\/p>\n

Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo told reporters that it is no longer necessary for Duterte, 74, to give reports on his health because he has been \u201cvery transparent\u201d about his condition.<\/p>\n

\u201cHindi na. Hindi na kailangan \u2018yun<\/em>\u00a0(No, there is no need for that).\u00a0Alam mo ang<\/em>\u00a0(You know, the) medical bulletin comes into play only when the President is in serious illness. That is a constitutional requirement,\u201d Panelo said when asked if there is a need to release a medical bulletin on the President\u2019s health.<\/p>\n

\u201cWala ngang<\/em>\u00a0serious illness (He has no serious illness),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Calls for transparency on Duterte\u2019s health came after he experienced \u201cexcruciating and searing\u201d pain in the lower spine and pelvis that had been triggered by his recent minor motorcycle accident.<\/p>\n

Section 12 of Article 7 of the 1987 Constitution mandates the President to inform the public of his health, \u201cin case of serious illness.\u201d<\/p>\n

Duterte, the oldest person to be elected president in the country, consulted his neurologist on Wednesday, a day after feeling unbearable back pain when he attended Emperor Naruhito\u2019s enthronement ceremony in Japan.<\/p>\n

Based on the results of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and on the medical evaluation by his doctor, the President has muscle spasms.<\/p>\n

Duterte\u2019s doctor then advised him to take some rest and limit his physical activities.<\/p>\n

Latest motorbike ride an \u2018exercise\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

Despite his current condition and his recent fall from his big bike on Oct. 16, the President still found time to go for a late-night ride at the compound of the Presidential Security Group in Manila on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The President went for a ride on a \u201cthree-wheeled\u201d motorbike, Panelo said.<\/p>\n

The Palace official added that the President\u2019s latest motorcycle ride could be considered as part of his \u201cexercise.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter the dinner last night when he went to Bahay Pagbabago, he decided to ride on that motorcycle for a few minutes.\u00a0Parang<\/em>\u00a0exercise. \u2018Yun lang (It\u2019s like an exercise. That\u2019s it),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Quizzed if the doctor had advised the President to avoid riding a motorbike, Panelo said: \u201cHindi naman<\/em>\u00a0(No). If you will notice, that is a three-wheeled motorcycle. So\u00a0walang ka-proble-problema. Hindi sesemplang yun. Sinubukan niya lang<\/em>\u00a0(So there\u2019s no problem with that. He did not figure in an accident. He just tried it).\u201d<\/p>\n

Duterte resting in Davao<\/strong><\/p>\n

Panelo also guaranteed that the President is following his doctor\u2019s advice, noting the Chief Executive is now at his home in Davao City to take some rest.<\/p>\n

He also reassured that the President is doing well now after taking some pain relievers.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s in Davao now and he\u2019ll stay there and rest,\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

The President will return to Manila on Oct. 28 to attend \u201csome events\u201d and will go back to Davao to visit the grave of his parents at Davao Public and Roman Catholic Cemetery in commemoration of All Saints\u2019 Day and All Souls\u2019 Day, the Palace spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018Yung<\/em>\u00a0activity\u00a0niya, tuloy pa rin pero<\/em>\u00a0minimize\u00a0mo \u2018yung<\/em>\u00a0physical activity\u00a0mo. At saka siguro \u2019yung mga<\/em>\u00a0activities\u00a0niya, i<\/em>-space\u00a0kasi masyadong<\/em>\u00a0punishing\u00a0ang kaniyang<\/em>\u00a0schedule (His activity continues but his physical activity needs to be minimized. There should also be spacing in his activities because he has punishing schedule),\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MANILA\u00a0\u2014 There is no need for President Rodrigo Duterte to release a medical bulletin since has \u201cno serious illness,\u201d Malaca\u00f1ang …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":230558,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-235805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-ruth-abbey-gita-carlos","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235805"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":235806,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235805\/revisions\/235806"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}