Lawyer Fay Isaguirre Singson said Napoles was to be brought to OsMak for checkup.
Napoles attended the hearing of her motion to undergo medical surgery and hospital confinement at St. Luke’s Medical Center-Global on Friday morning.
She was wearing a blue hoodie, jeans and rubber shoes.
Asked what she was feeling, she replied, “hindi po mabuti.”
Napoles’ surgery should not cost govt anything
Earlier during the hearing, Judge Elmo Alameda of Makati RTC Branch 150 said the medical operation of Napoles, if allowed by court, should not cost the government anything.
“The medical surgery of Napoles should be at no cost to the government. You will shoulder entirely the cost of your operation,” Alameda told Napoles.
Napoles nodded in agreement.
The accused’s motion to undergo surgery and be confined at St Luke’s Medical Center-Global has been submitted for resolution but the judge has yet to hand down his decision.
During the hearing, Alameda suggested several government hospitals where Napoles could undergo operation but the latter did not agree insisting that her doctors and medical records are with St. Luke’s.
Among the hospitals suggested were Veterans Memorial Medical Center in Quezon City, Philippine General Hospital in Manila, East Avenue Medical Center in Quezon City and Ospital ng Makati.
Alameda said he wanted the operation, if ever, to be done in a government hospital.
“It will already be in the hands of the doctor on when she will be discharged. The court can’t do anything, it cannot order the doctor to discharge the patient,” he said.
He also reminded Napoles that her civil and political rights are now restrained being a detained person.
Earlier in the day, a tearful Napoles appealed to the court to allow her to have her surgery at St. Luke’s.
“Hirap na hirap na po ako, maawa po kayo sa akin. Hindi na ako tinatablan ng gamot. Ang tagal ko nang tinitiis ito. Kung wala lang akong sakit, hindi ako makikiusap nang ganito,” she said.
She said she is confused about the results of her laboratory tests as the Southern Luzon Hospital said she has an ovarian tumor while the PNP General Hospital said the cyst was in her uterus. — KG/RSJ, GMA News
