Doctor seeks court’s OK for new medical tests on road-rage suspect

A Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) physician wants another round of medical tests for road-rage suspect Jason Ivler, who had recently undergone a major operation.

Inspector Jaime Claveria, a roving doctor of the BJMP’s Special Intensive Care Area in Camp Bagong Diwa, said the accused may be suffering from a form of intestinal inflammation.

The request was contained in a letter dated January 26 addressed to Judge Luisito Cortez of Quezon City Regional Trial Court, Branch 84, which is hearing Ivler’s murder case.

The suspect is facing charges for the death of Renato Victor Ebarle Jr., son of a former Malacañang official, during a traffic altercation in 2009 in Quezon City.

A colostomy had been performed on Ivler in 2010 after parts of his intestines had been damaged in a shootout with National Bureau of Investigation agents who found the suspect hiding in his mother’s house in Quezon City after an intensive search.

According to Senior Insp. John Conrad Basilio, Claveria examined the accused last Wednesday with an initial diagnosis of ulcerative colitis, a form of inflammation in the colon.

Claveria recommended that Ivler undergo another colonoscopy and a complete blood count to determine Ivler’s exact condition.

A source told the Inquirer that the accused apparently had bleeding episodes a month after he had surgery to reverse the colostomy.