Monday, November 27, 2006
Arroyo leaves hospital after checkup (11:35 a.m.)
MANILA (Updated) -- President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo left a Manila hospital on Monday after a weekend checkup found her in generally good health, doctors said.
Arroyo's physician, Juliet Cervantes, denied speculation the 59-year-old was suffering from an undisclosed illness that led to her third trip to the hospital this year.
"Everything was normal," Cervantes said at a news conference Sunday.
Arroyo had gained a little weight, and although it was still within acceptable levels," we asked her to be a little more watchful of her weight and diet," Cervantes said.
Arroyo was hospitalized for two days in late June after suffering from diarrhea, which doctors said was triggered by stress that had lowered her resistance to infection. She was back in the hospital a month later with the flu.
"There is nothing to hide," Cervantes said. "There was just a lot of stories going on, but I think the numbers and results would show otherwise."
Arroyo checked in at the hospital last Saturday along with First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo for a thorough physical examination as speculations about her real state of health immediately spread.
But her doctors and aides have assured that President Arroyo was just going through a checkup, which was reportedly overdue. (AP/Sunnex) |
