Napoles condition ‘not alarming’, PNP doctors say
Janet Lim-Napoles being escorted by personnel of Regional Public Safety Battalion Region 4A Calabarzon and Special Action Forces. Contributed Photo by Philippine National Police Public Information Office
MANILA, Philippines — After two hours of medical tests, Philippine National Police doctors concluded that the condition of detained businesswoman Janet Lim-Napoles was “not alarming” although a mass was found inside her uterus.
Chief Superintendent Alejandro Advincula Jr., PNP Health Services Director, told reporters in Camp Crame Wednesday that they did not advise confinement for Napoles.
“It (Napoles’ condition) is not alarming at this point in time… It’s not life-threatening,” Advincula said.
Napoles had asked the Makati regional trial court that she be placed under hospital arrest due to the presence of a suspected ovarian tumor.
But Chief Inspector Michelle Daguno, a resident obstetrician gynecologist at PNP General Hospital, said that the doctors found no cyst in Napoles’ ovaries but instead found a mass inside her uterus.
Contrary to the PNP GH’s findings, Daguno said the PNP Special Action Force doctors initially detected a tumor in her ovaries based on her CT scan results last October 2013.
Napoles had been experiencing “profuse menstrual bleeding for nine consecutive days, abdominal pain, hypoglycemia, drastic weight loss, and chest pains.”
The PNP doctors, however, said they did not detect any bleeding.
“The present result is different from her previous diagnosis. The initial impression was ovarian tumor, but now it’s in the uterus. Bukol pa rin pero hindi na cyst,” Advincula said.
He added that the mass seen in Napoles’ uterus would require a “special test.”
Court order
Napoles, according to Advincula, underwent a complete physical examination, pap smear, or cervical smear, electrocardiogram and blood tests.
Asked if the detained businesswoman needs further medical examination, he said: “it depends if she seeks a court order allowing her to have a follow-up check-up (outside Fort Sto. Domingo).”
But the PNP GH recommended Napoles to an orthopedic surgeon due to internal pains she is experiencing in her index finger.
Aside from “definitive treatment” of her ailments, the police doctors advised Napoles to undergo tooth extraction because of “dental problems.”
Current state
When asked about the current state of Napoles while going through medical exams, Daguno said she appeared “concerned” but was generally feeling “okay.”
Worried about her diagnosis, Daguno added that the doctors kept on assuring her that her condition is “not life-threatening.”
Advincula said the final medical bulletin, which includes collated results of all tests, would be tentatively released in the afternoon.
The PNP GH, meanwhile, temporarily halted the consultation in the Out Patient Department until 1 p.m. Wednesday due to security issues.
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