Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Diabetes blamed on judge's suspension
BACOLOD Regional Trial Court Judge Demosthenes Magallanes yesterday admitted that his diabetes has been causing his slow performance in resolving plenty of pending cases at his sala.
In an ABS-CBN interview, he accepted wholeheartedly the decision of the Supreme Court to suspend him for three months without pay.
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He, however, vowed to continue working even without pay just to resolve the pending 76 cases in sala at Branch 54.
Bacolod RTC Executive Judge Roberto Chiongson also also promised to help Judge Magallanes in resolving the pending cases.
Chiongson said that it is very understandable that the ailment slowed Judge Magallanes down in the past several months.
But all judges at the Bacolod RTC are also in support for the suspended judge.
Diabetes, according to research, has a lot of symptoms like greater need to urinate, frequent hunger or thirst, loss of weight, blurred vision, tingling/numbness in hands or feet, feeling tired, very dry skin and slow-healing sores among others.
It may also cause a heart disease or a stroke especially on adults. Many have high blood pressure and may suffer from eye problems like cataracts, glaucoma and problems with the retina (retinopathy), which can reduce vision or cause blindness.
Diabetes is the leading cause of new cases of blindness in adults ages 20 to 74, according to latest study. (EASD)
(December 19, 2006 issue)
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