Lawyer Bruce Rivera, Napoles’ counsel, said the doctors have yet to discuss with the patient the result of the biopsy conducted on her last April 8. The result was supposed to be released three days after the procedure was done.
“No date (on the surgery) as of yet. Mayroon na raw na resulta pero hindi pa alam ni Mrs. Napoles, hindi pa siya nakakausap ng duktor. Yung mga duktor hindi pa pwedeng magsalita hanggang hindi pa nila nakakausap si Mrs. Napoles. After Holy Week na siguro magkakaroon ng conference on that,” Rivera said in a phone interview with GMA News Online.
Napoles, according to doctors, has myoma uteri. She has complained of profuse vaginal bleeding and abdominal pain since late last year.
Dr. Perry Ishmael Peralta, Ospital ng Makati medical director, earlier said the result of the endometrial biopsy would show if the cyst is benign or malignant. The next procedure to be done on Napoles will depend on the result of the biopsy.
“Malalaman yung extent ng surgery based on the result of the biopsy. More extensive ang gagawin kung lumabas na cancerous yung cyst,” he told reporters earlier.
Napoles has been confined at Ospital ng Makati since March 31 after the Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 150 granted her appeal to be confined in a hospital and undergo surgery.
Judge Elmo Alameda has also allowed private doctors to attend to the medical needs of Napoles.
He stressed that Napoles’ period of confinement at the Ospital ng Makati shall cover only the pre-operative, intra-operative and post-operative procedures.
He also directed Peralta to submit a progress report to the court and prosecutors on the medical condition of Napoles immediately after the operation, “to deter any prolonged confinement.”
Napoles is detained facing a serious illegal detention case pending before the Makati court. She also faces plunder charges in connection with the alleged pork barrel scam. — RSJ, GMA News
