MANILA, Philippines – Former President Corazon Aquino is back at the hospital and is being fed intravenously as she continues to suffer from poor appetite, her son, Senator Benigno Aquino III said on Wednesday.
Mrs Aquino, who underwent surgey for colon cancer in April, was admitted to the hospital on Tuesday, her son said, adding he was not sure whether she would stay there until Thursday or until next week.
“Nag-aalala kami, parang masama ang appetite nya. Halimabawa may karamdaman ka, wala kang nutrients sa katawan para makalakad, e problema yun [We’re worried. She has poor appetite. If you’re sick and you have no nutrients in your body so that you can walk, that’s a problem],” Sen. Aquino told reporters at the Manila Hotel.
The young Aquino said he and his siblings were concerned that their mother was only taking fruits and soups.
Mrs. Aquino was honored as one of this year’s “Outstanding Manilans” for being a “staunch champion of democracy, peace, women’s rights and empowerment.”
The senator received the award in behalf of his mother.
Other recipients of the award include Senator Manuel Villar, corruption whistleblower Rodolfo Lozada Jr., taipans Henry Sy and George Ty, Philippine Daily Inquirer board chairperson Marixi Rufino-Prieto, businessmen Eugenio Lopez III and Jaime Agusto Zobel de Ayala, Regina Paz Lopez, Miguel Enriquez, and Teresita Uytiepo-Quirino,
Villar was recognized for sponsoring more than 50 bills in the House of Representative and the Senate and “for winning public trust, which translated into an impressive victory in the senatorial race c by being the number one senator in May 2001 national elections,” among others.
Lozada on the other hand was recognized for “his brave and unimpeachable advocacy for truth, honesty and transparency in public service, a vigorous crusade that has endangered his life and the safety of his family.”
It was Lozada, who implicated President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and her husband, First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo, in the alleged anomalous national broadband network (NBN) project.
